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title: "Woolly Sculpin"
description: "Clinocottus analis — Fish. The woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis) is a species of ray-finned marine fish belonging to the family Cottidae, or the typical sculpins."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/woolly-sculpin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Woolly Sculpin

> Clinocottus analis — Fish. The woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis) is a species of ray-finned marine fish belonging to the family Cottidae, or the typical sculpins.

- Scientific name: *Clinocottus analis*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 8245
- Wikidata: [Q2423191](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2423191)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117533)

## Names

- en: Woolly Sculpin
- de: Wollige Groppe
- es: Charrasco lanudo
- fr: Chabot laineux

## Countries with the most observations

US (7843), MX (64)

## Summary

The woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis) is a species of ray-finned marine fish belonging to the family Cottidae, or the typical sculpins. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the coastline of California south to Baja California.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_sculpin

## Photo

![Woolly Sculpin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/woolly-sculpin/medium.jpg)

Photo: jubileej · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286119910

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/woolly-sculpin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).