National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Check Out the Checkered Sculpin
Brentjens E, Schmit JP, Nortrup M. 2025. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Check Out the Checkered Sculpin. National Park Service
For many years, the checkered sculpin went unnoticed. Now, it's getting recognition as a unique species. How did this homely "homebody" fish escape notice and what does its presence tell us about stream health in places like Antietam National Battlefield?
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Brentjens, Emma; Schmit, John; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2025-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANTI , NCRN
- Keywords
- Antietam, checkered sculpin, cold water streams, Cottus, fish brief, fish monitor, fish monitoring, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, karst, NCRN, Sharpsburg Creek, species diversity, species identification, species recognition, stream biota, stream brief