Longspined bullhead

Longspined bullhead
Longspined bullhead. Photographed at Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Superfamily: Cottoidea
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Taurulus
Gratzianov, 1907
Species:
T. bubalis
Binomial name
Taurulus bubalis
(Euphrasén, 1786)
Longspined bullhead range.
Synonyms
  • Cottus bubalis Euphrasen, 1786
  • Acanthocottus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  • Aspicottus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  • Ceratocottus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  • Enophrys bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  • Myoxocephalus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  • Cottus maculatus Fischer, 1885

The long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis), also known as the long-spined sea-scorpion, and the long-spined scorpion fish is a coastal fish of the sculpin family Cottidae, inhabiting marine waters of Europe.