sculpin

Types:

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bullhead

freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines

miller's-thumb

small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

Hemitripterus americanus, sea raven

large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught

Myxocephalus aenaeus, grubby

small sculpin of the coast of New England

Type of:

scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

fishes having the head armored with bony plates