Knobfin Sculpin

Also called: Sculpin

Broad, flattened head, tapering mottled-brown body, large fan-shaped pectoral fins, and two dorsal fins.

Rocky freshwater streams and rivers.

Shelters among bottom stones and feeds on aquatic animals.

Usually encountered incidentally rather than deliberately targeted.

Connecticut DEEP identifies this as an introduced invasive species. Do not move these fish between waters.