What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin been recorded?

Artediellus atlanticus occurrence evidence comes from 268 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1877 to 2023. Most records come from Canada.

Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin
Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin — Photo (display-sized rendition): Sue Robinson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ScorpaeniformesCottidaeArtediellus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

268 records across 4 countries and territories, 1877–2023.

Artediellus atlanticus · GBIF taxon key 2334289

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18772023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Atlantic Hook-ear Sculpin. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 251
United States 8
Greenland 3
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 3

Related animals

Others in the family Cottidae.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.