Triglops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the North Pacific, Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. See more

Triglops currently contains 10 recognized species in this genus:
• Triglops dorothy Pietsch & J. W. Orr, 2006 (Dorothy's sculpin)
• Triglops forficatus (Gilbert, 1896) (Scissortail sculpin)
• Triglops … See more

Triglops sculpins are widespread in northern seas. In the Pacific Ocean they occur from the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk east into the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands the Gulf of Alaska south to Puget Sound. In the Arctic they are found from the See more

Triglops was first proposed as a monospecific subgenus of Cottus in 1830 by the Danish zoologist Johan Reinhardt when he described Triglops pingelii, giving its See more

Triglops sculpins have slender, elongate, cylindrical to compressed or flattened bodies with a small head, which may also be slightly … See more

Triglops sculpins are predators of invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans and sometimes smaller fishes. They See more