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Oligocottus snyderi (Fluffy sculpin)

Synonyms: Oligocottus snydery
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Wikipedia Abstract

The fluffy sculpin (Oligocottus snyderi), is a fish species in the sculpin family Cottidae. It inhabits the coastal northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Sitka, Alaska to Baja California (Mexico). Individuals reach up to 8.9 cm (3.5 in) in length, and are commonly found in tidepools, often associated with algae.
View Wikipedia Record: Oligocottus snyderi

Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Benthic, Temporary Pools, Coastal
Diet [1]  Carnivore

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Prey / Diet

Dynamenella sheareri[2]
Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Isopod)[2]
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense (Oregon pill bug)[2]
Heptacarpus taylori (Taylor coastal shrimp)[3]
Medoriopsis effusa (northern lacuna)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979
♦ 3ASPECTS OF THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE FLUFFY SCULPIN, OLIGOCOTTUS SNYDERI, MARY C. FREEMAN, NATE NEALLY, AND GARY D. GROSSMAN, FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 83. NO.4, 1985.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0