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rosy sculpin

Oligocottus rubellio (Greeley, 1899)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Rosy Sculpin (Oligocottus rubellio). Species of fish.

Rosy Sculpin (Oligocottus rubellio). Species of fish.

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Open encyclopedia reference

The rosy sculpin (Oligocottus rubellio) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It inhabits the coastal northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from California (US) to Baja California.

Wikipedia contributors, Rosy sculpin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:43.312189+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Oligocottus rubellio (Greeley, 1899)
Name authority
(Greeley, 1899)
Common name
rosy sculpin
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cottidae
Genus
Oligocottus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderCottoidei
  12. familyCottidae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusOligocottus Girard, 1856
  14. speciesOligocottus rubellio (Greeley, 1899)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Oligocottus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
tidepool sculpinOligocottus maculosus Girard, 1856CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
saddleback sculpinOligocottus rimensis (Greeley, 1899)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
fluffy sculpinOligocottus snyderi Greeley, 1898CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eximia rubellio Greeley, 1899 Greeley, 1899synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281874 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:495YL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.