Please report any sightings on Yellow Eye & Canary Rockfish in Puget Sound
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:22 pm
Team,
Please report any sightings on Yellow Eye & Canary Rockfish in Puget Sound. Scientists at WDFW still need info on Yellow Eye sightings (which I reported earlier in separate posting). They are in particular interested in Juveniles.
The request was expanded to Canary Rockfish in Puget Sound as well.
Also they are in particular interested in Juveniles.
Please report Yellow Eye Rockfish sightings in the other chain under: "Juvenile Yellow Eye Rockfish at Alki Cove 2 I-beams today"
We will focus here on Canary Rockfish juveniles.
How to identify the Canary Rockfish Juvenile ?
Bob said: "juveniles will likely have the black spot on the first dorsal and will be pretty pale"
Here are the pictures of younger Juvenile I (Marek) captured at Keystone in May 2014:
Please click on any picture if you want to enlarge.
Here are the pictures from Jan Kocian. He has been usually finding them at Keystone in September & October in the earlier years.
Please note that Jan's Juvenile seem to be older or more grown then mine and that is why bigger change in color and pattern.
Though the characteristic black blotch/spot on the first dorsal fin is common.
Please either post your Canary Rockfish sightings pictures with location and date info here, or contact Bob directly at:
Robert.Pacunski@dfw.wa.gov
Juvenile are in particular important to Scientists,
BTW: I have only seen the adult Canary Rockfish in Seattle aquarium. It was almost yellow versus all the Vermilion Rockfish I photographed in Puget Sound going from red, orange and sometimes orange/white patterns.
Cheers
Marek
Please report any sightings on Yellow Eye & Canary Rockfish in Puget Sound. Scientists at WDFW still need info on Yellow Eye sightings (which I reported earlier in separate posting). They are in particular interested in Juveniles.
The request was expanded to Canary Rockfish in Puget Sound as well.
Also they are in particular interested in Juveniles.
Please report Yellow Eye Rockfish sightings in the other chain under: "Juvenile Yellow Eye Rockfish at Alki Cove 2 I-beams today"
We will focus here on Canary Rockfish juveniles.
How to identify the Canary Rockfish Juvenile ?
Bob said: "juveniles will likely have the black spot on the first dorsal and will be pretty pale"
Here are the pictures of younger Juvenile I (Marek) captured at Keystone in May 2014:
Please click on any picture if you want to enlarge.
Here are the pictures from Jan Kocian. He has been usually finding them at Keystone in September & October in the earlier years.
Please note that Jan's Juvenile seem to be older or more grown then mine and that is why bigger change in color and pattern.
Though the characteristic black blotch/spot on the first dorsal fin is common.
Please either post your Canary Rockfish sightings pictures with location and date info here, or contact Bob directly at:
Robert.Pacunski@dfw.wa.gov
Juvenile are in particular important to Scientists,
BTW: I have only seen the adult Canary Rockfish in Seattle aquarium. It was almost yellow versus all the Vermilion Rockfish I photographed in Puget Sound going from red, orange and sometimes orange/white patterns.
Cheers
Marek