Cabezon

The body of a cabezon is olive green, brown, reddish or grey on the dorsal side with a white or greenish belly.  They have two fins on the back and 5 soft rays on the pelvic fins.  They lack scales and have a fleshy skin flap between their nostrils. The upper preopercular spine is stout and slightly curved.  Cabezon have small teeth and a large, branched cirrus above each eye.  Cabezon is the largest of the sculpin species found in Washington waters.

They range from Sitka, Alaska, to central Baja, California. They are found from the intertidal to 76 m (250 ft) in depth.  They are demersal, solitary, and usually associated with reefs, boulders, kelp beds, or eelgrass.
Cabezon feed on crustaceans, mollusks, fish and fish eggs. Cabezon are taken as a game fish in California, however their roe is toxic to humans. Cabezon inhabit the tops of rocky ledges as opposed to rockfish and lingcod, which usually inhabit the sheer faces of these features.