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Scaley Head?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:52 pm
by PapaZ
At Sunrise Sunday

Scaley head male?
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Re: Scaley Head?

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:58 am
by YellowEye
Hi!
Very cool. It looks like a female scalyhead to me. The males have two pronounced cirri on top of their heads. Greg Jenson's free sculpin ebook likely has more info

Here's the link: https://molamarine.com/

Re: Scaley Head?

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:56 am
by PapaZ
Thank you for the info. Was hard to see top of head due to background coloration. Will follow up.
Papa Z

Re: Scaley Head?

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:39 pm
by ScubaJess
Nice pics 🤩 looks like a fun dive 🖖🤿🐟🐟🐟