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title: "Gezeitengroppe"
description: "Oligocottus maculosus — Fische. The tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus) is a fish species in the sculpin family Psychrolutidae that ranges from the Bering Sea to southern California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tidepool-sculpin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gezeitengroppe

> Oligocottus maculosus — Fische. The tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus) is a fish species in the sculpin family Psychrolutidae that ranges from the Bering Sea to southern California.

- Scientific name: *Oligocottus maculosus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 9906
- Wikidata: [Q3761519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3761519)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67629](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67629)

## Names

- en: Tidepool Sculpin
- de: Gezeitengroppe
- es: Charrasco de Piscina de Marea
- pl: Głowacz kałużnik

## Countries with the most observations

US (4611), CA (4036)

## Summary

The tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus) is a fish species in the sculpin family Psychrolutidae that ranges from the Bering Sea to southern California. Individuals reach up to 8 cm (3 in) in length and are common in tidepools.

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

## Photo

![Gezeitengroppe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tidepool-sculpin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Randal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23089001

## Machine access

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