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Here is the useful correction, and it is one almost no fishing source makes. The famous sculpin fact — no swim bladder — does not separate a sculpin from a darter. Missouri's own field guide says the darter's swim bladder is absent or much reduced too, says darters sink to the bottom when they stop swimming, and describes the mottled sculpin moving in short, quick dashes in a manner similar to darters. If you are calling a sculpin because it sank, you may be holding a darter. Use the scales, the softness of the dorsal spines and the width of the head instead.

Cited for this statement: MDC-DARTERS, MDC-MOTTLED-SCULPIN. The report names this statement exactly, so nobody has to find it again.

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HATCH MATCH — CORRECTION REPORT

Application: HTH-HM-001
Build: 0.19.1 · f244e24
Carrier schema: 11
Reference reviewed: 2026-09-25
Reported: 2026-11-06

Kind: not stated
Subject: Sculpin
Record id: hm-sculpin-forage-v1
Claim: guide.overview.1
Page: /guide/sculpin

WHAT THE REFERENCE SAYS NOW
Here is the useful correction, and it is one almost no fishing source makes. The famous sculpin fact — no swim bladder — does not separate a sculpin from a darter. Missouri's own field guide says the darter's swim bladder is absent or much reduced too, says darters sink to the bottom when they stop swimming, and describes the mottled sculpin moving in short, quick dashes in a manner similar to darters. If you are calling a sculpin because it sank, you may be holding a darter. Use the scales, the softness of the dorsal spines and the width of the head instead.
Cited sources: MDC-DARTERS, MDC-MOTTLED-SCULPIN

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