Artedius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.

[4] There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[5] Artedius sculpins are similar to many other cottid genera.

They do not possess any postcleithra in the pelvic girdle, they have two or three parallel scale rows in the axilla of the pectoral fins with no cirrhi above these.

There is a triangular extension of the pterotic bone which extends onto the edge of the cranium, The chin are dark in colour broken by paler circular blotches and the dark flanks are broken by colourless circular blotches too.

[6] The largest species is the bonehead sculpin (A. notospilotus) which has a maximum published total length of 25 cm (9.8 in) while the smallest is the scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni) which has a maximum published total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).