Sculpin ID Help
Sculpin ID Help
We did a nice dive at Pt Hudson yesterday afternoon and I got a couple shots of sculpins I cannot clearly ID from my books. Are these both scaly head sculpins?
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Re: Sculpin ID Help
The top one is a scalyhead -- you can tell by the orange gills, and the perfect round white spots down the underside. The second one I'm not sure of, but I'd guess a smoothhead. I'll be interested to see what the experts say on that one!
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Re: Sculpin ID Help
Yep, scalyhead and smoothhead.
The way you guys have been identifying all the sculpins and crabs, I'm soon going to be out of a job.
The way you guys have been identifying all the sculpins and crabs, I'm soon going to be out of a job.
Re: Sculpin ID Help
Look at it this way, Greg -- the educational materials you so painstakingly put together are paying off!
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