Egg ID help

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:52 pm

Tom Nic, Bassman and I did a dive at Three Tree the other day. Towards the end of the dive in about 15fsw we came across these eggs - I have no idea what they are - the 1st photo is an enlargement of a section of the eggs with what looks like a shrimp sitting on the eggs....

This is a shot of the entire 'set' of eggs..

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:05 pm

Looks like greenling eggs, but they seem awfully shallow being in 15fsw. Whatever they are, that shrimp is eating well!

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:15 pm

I've seen these guys before at Three Tree, in the shallows, on the eelgrass - and I think someone told me those were herring eggs - one of the reasons that eelgrass is SO important so herring can reproduce - bottom of the fish food chain and all.

- Janna

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:25 pm

Interesting. As mentioned, I thought they were pretty shallow, but the pink & purple of the eggs had me thinking greenling. Herring eh? I wouldn't have thought it'd be very safe to be a herring in 15fsw... then again, where is it safe to be a herring anywhere?!

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:27 am

After an extensive search on Google images

, I've decide those are definitely, Fish eggs!

Steel head eggs and Trout eggs and about a dozen other fish eggs look just like that!
Now I wonder what they taste like.
My guess? "Taste just like fish."