Oligocottus

Oligocottus
Tidepool sculpin (O. maculosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Superfamily: Cottoidea
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Oligocottus
Girard, 1856
Type species
Oligocottus maculosus
Girard, 1856
Synonyms
  • Eximia Greeley, 1899
  • Rusciculus Greeley, 1899
  • Stelgidonotus Gilbert & Thompson, 1905
  • Greeleya Jordan, 1920

Oligocottus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the marine sculpins. These sculpins are found in the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean.