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Ascelichthys rhodorus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cottidae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Genus
  
Ascelichthys D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880

Similar
  
Clinocottus, Clinocottus globiceps, Artedius fenestralis, Icelinus, Artedius

Ascelichthys rhodorus, the Rosylip sculpin, is a species of sculpin native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to central California where it is an inhabitant of tidepools and other intertidal environments. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

Ascelichthys rhodorus Wikipedia