| Taurulus bubalis | |
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| Longspined bullhead. Photographed at Scarborough, North Yorkshire | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Taurulus |
| Species: | T. bubalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786) |
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Taurulus bubalis, known as the longspined bullhead or the longspined sea-scorpion, is a coastal fish of the sculpin family Cottidae, inhabiting waters of Northern Europe.
It is a small fish with a thick body, with a large head and tapering body. It has four long spines - two on each side on the gill cover - that stick out when the fish is removed from the water. It has a variety of colours ranging from shades of browns, with cream blotches, but sometimes orange or red with white blotches.
Other English names for this species include sea scorpion, bullhead, rockfish, rock sculpin, scorpion fish, clobberhead,