Fun fish at Sund Rock

Fish & Invertebrate sightings and descriptions, hosted by resident NWDC ID expert Janna Nichols (nwscubamom).
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Biodiversity_Guy
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Fun fish at Sund Rock

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Over the past few weeks I have come across a few fun species at Sund Rock--fun in that they are species I rarely encounter--or rarely see there.

Bay Gobies--several seen on a couple of different dives--first time in well over a year I have encountered one--and never have seen more than 1 at a time.
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Starry Flounder--not rare, but I have never spotted one at Sund Rock before.
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Long nose skate--always a fun find.
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roughback and slim sculpins side by side
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and a Longspine combfish (one of my favorites)
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Re: Fun fish at Sund Rock

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Wow, some good finds on all of those!! Are these about from the same spots at Sund Rock? And what kind of depths do you usually find these at?

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Re: Fun fish at Sund Rock

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These came from dives that went off from the middle or north wall, most of these observations were below 90'.

Splash time was usually later in the afternoons, 3-4 pm
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