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Small tide pool fish Pacific staghorn sculpin - who knew... there's a ton of species of these little fish, some of which inhabit tide pools. Canada,Geotagged,Leptocottus armatus,Oligocottus maculosus,Pacific staghorn sculpin,Summer,Tidepool sculpin Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Small tide pool fish

Pacific staghorn sculpin - who knew... there's a ton of species of these little fish, some of which inhabit tide pools.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool find! Was it sitting still? What's the white stuff in front of it? Posted 8 years ago
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      They sit very still on the bottom until you get too close - then they dart off and settle on the bottom again, where they are pretty well camouflaged. I think the white thing is a bit of a dead crab. There were quite a few of these little fish hiding in the pools - usually they were hard to see until they moved. Posted 8 years ago

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The Tidepool sculpin

The tidepool sculpin is a fish species in the sculpin family Cottidae that ranges from the Bering Sea to southern California. Individuals reach up to 8 cm in length and are common in tidepools.

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Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
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Uploaded Jul 19, 2017. Captured Jul 17, 2017 12:34 in Unnamed Road, Victoria, BC V9C, Canada.
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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.