Padded sculpin

The Padded sculpin lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 1 - 55 m environment.

Padded Sculpin BANDS OF FLESHY PAD LIKE STARLIKE SCALES ON HEAD PROJECTIONS MEETING BEHIND 2ND DORSAL FIN NO THREAD LIKE DENSE PROJECTIONS ... More

padded sculpin, Artedius fenestralis, occupy very similar habitats in the rocky intertidal, yet their larvae occupy different depth ranges along the shoreline. More

Padded sculpin Artedius fenestralis Smoothhead sculpin Artedius lateralis More

Padded sculpin- Artedius fenestralis - Remarks: A bottom dwelling, year long resident of the bay. Almost never caught by the recreational angler, although it can be found throughout the bay. More

sculpin, Marliave (1975) the padded sculpin, and Richardson and Washington (1980) the scalyhead sculpin. The specimens of Artedius collected in south San Francisco Bay in this study fit into Artedius larvae Type 2 as described by Richardson and Washington (1980). More

Padded sculpin at bottom, Plumose Anemone (closed up, orange above the sculpin Striped Seaperch (swimming out of the picture, upper right) Pygmy Poacher (below and facing seaperch) Coonstripe shrimp (directly above seaperch tail, facing camera) More

Common names

padded sculpin in English
阿氏杜父魚 in Mandarin Chinese
阿氏杜父鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Cottidae
Genus : Artedius
Species : Artedius fenestralis
Authority : Jordan and Gilbert, 1883