. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 318 BULLETIN OF THE BUEEAU OF FISHEEEES 120. Little sculpin (Myoxocephalus seneus Mitchill) Grubby Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 1972. Description.—The most diagnostic features of the grubby, as compared with others of its tribe, are a high first dorsal fin combined with small size and short head spines. It is of the typical sculpin form (p. 314), though proportionately a stouter fish than either the short or long-spined species—that is, about one-fourth as deep as long—with smooth
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 318 BULLETIN OF THE BUEEAU OF FISHEEEES 120. Little sculpin (Myoxocephalus seneus Mitchill) Grubby Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 1972. Description.—The most diagnostic features of the grubby, as compared with others of its tribe, are a high first dorsal fin combined with small size and short head spines. It is of the typical sculpin form (p. 314), though proportionately a stouter fish than either the short or long-spined species—that is, about one-fourth as deep as long—with smooth skin but showing the head ridges and spines typical of its genus. Most noticeable of these are a ridge with three spines running along the top of the head over each eye, a pair of spines above the nostrils, and six (all short) on each side of the face between snout and gill opening. None of the cheek spines are long (p. 314). The spiny dorsal (9 spines), originating slightly in front of the upper corner of the gill opening, is decidedly higher but shorter than the second (13 to 14 soft rays), and the two fins are so close together that there is no free space between them. The anal (10 to 11 rays) is slightly shorter than the ' •. V N 'v. "ST" Fig. 151.—Little sculpin (Myoiocephalus xneus) second dorsal, under which it stands. The pectoral is of the fanlike outline char- acteristic of this family, while the ventrals have the usual three rays. There is no slit or pore behind the last gill (usually there is such a slit or pore in the shorthorn sculpin, p. 320). Color.—Grubbies, like other sculpins, vary in color according to the bottom on which they lie. All that we have seen, however (this confirms the published descriptions), have been light to dark gray or greenish-gray above, with darker shadings or irregular barrings particularly evident on the sides and fins. The sides of the head are usually mottled light and dark; the belly pale gray or white. Size.
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