A sculpin or bullhead, Cottus asper, a fish which often has prickles on the body and occurs in freshwater and brackish estuaries in western North America.
Origin
1960s.
Definition of prickly sculpin in US English:
prickly sculpin
noun
A sculpin or bullhead, Cottus asper, a fish which often has prickles on the body and occurs in freshwater and brackish estuaries in western North America.