Triglops was first proposed as a monospecific subgenus of Cottus in 1830 by the Danish zoologist Johan … 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)… See more

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

Triglops sculpins are predators of invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans and sometimes smaller fishes. They spawn from late summer into the winter, laying between 100 and over 2,500 demersal e… See more