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title: "Pacific Staghorn Sculpin"
description: "Leptocottus armatus — Ryby. The Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pacific-staghorn-sculpin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Staghorn Sculpin

> Leptocottus armatus — Ryby. The Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)  is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.

- Scientific name: *Leptocottus armatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2530
- Wikidata: [Q2708915](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2708915)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49163](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49163)

## Names

- en: Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
- de: Geweihgroppe
- es: Charrasco  de astas

## Countries with the most observations

US (1508), CA (786), MX (4)

## Summary

The Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)  is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Leptocottus.

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

## Photo

![Pacific Staghorn Sculpin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-staghorn-sculpin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120590831

## Machine access

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