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title: "Charrasco cabeza de musgo"
description: "Clinocottus globiceps — Peces. Clinocottus globiceps, the mosshead sculpin or globe-headed sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/mosshead-sculpin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Charrasco cabeza de musgo

> Clinocottus globiceps — Peces. Clinocottus globiceps, the mosshead sculpin or globe-headed sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.

- Scientific name: *Clinocottus globiceps*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1412
- Wikidata: [Q2192259](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2192259)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97984](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97984)

## Names

- en: Mosshead Sculpin
- es: Charrasco cabeza de musgo

## Countries with the most observations

US (1152), CA (166)

## Summary

Clinocottus globiceps, the mosshead sculpin or globe-headed sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This sculpin is found in the northeastern Pacific.

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

## Photo

![Charrasco cabeza de musgo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mosshead-sculpin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Summers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14485326

## Machine access

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