It inhabits the coastal northwestern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Kodiak, Alaska to Baja California (Mexico).

There is a short spine on the snout with a cirrus beside it, and tufts of cirri on the top of the head, along the lateral line and at the base of the dorsal fin.

[2][clarification needed] The fluffy sculpin is native to the western coast of North America, its range extending from Kodiak, Alaska to Baja California.

[5] The fluffy sculpin is a predator, the diet consisting mainly of amphipods and polychaete worms.

[4] If conditions deteriorate in the pool inhabited by the fluffy sculpin when the tide is out, it is able to leave the water and breathe air.