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Here's the full shot of the Sixgill Shark (Eye # 28) that I promised earlier:

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That's a beautiful shot John. Amazing. How deep were you and where?
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Re: Here's another one...

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Huskychemist wrote:Not sure of the number...

Call it Number 30:

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I have two guesses:

Padded Sculpin, Artedius fenestralis

or

Roughspine Sculpin, Triglops macellus
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Re: Here's another one...

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John Rawlings wrote:
Huskychemist wrote:Not sure of the number...

Call it Number 30:

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I have two guesses:

Padded Sculpin, Artedius fenestralis

or

Roughspine Sculpin, Triglops macellus

Wow! I'm impressed with both of those guesses. Mostly because I have yet to see either of them. In any event, they are both incorrect!

But...for fear of giving another incorrect hint...you have the correct family. (Cottidae, according to Humann's book...)


And I love the six-gill shot. What that also part of one of your articles about the six-gill? That was a great article.

Thanks for the guesses. Happy Friday.

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Sounder wrote:That's a beautiful shot John. Amazing. How deep were you and where?
Thanks! I was in Barkley Sound on the West coast of Vancouver Island, BC. The dive site was a spot called "Shark Alley", for obvious reasons!

This shot was taken around 110 - 120 FSW....I'm sorry that I cannot be exact, but my eye was glued to the viewfinder at the time!

We went there specifically to photograph sixgills for an article in ADM, and we saw FOUR sharks during that one dive!

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Barkley Sound was already on my short list... now it just got bumped higher. =D>
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Amazing 6-Gill shot. How close was the breath-holding diver next to it?

Also, my last guess for #30 is a Pacific Staghorn Sculpin.

If I'm right, I'm taking zero credit as I made an exhaustive search of.......... "Lowell's Critter Pictures" in order to make this guess. :prayer:

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Hmmmmm......there are a LOT of Sculpins with similiar eyes......I'm reaching the end of my rope on this one! :pale:

How about a Spotfin Sculpin? Icelinus tenuis
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And I think it's this guy:

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But it's moved its eye. <shrug>

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Cheater!

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BbbleMkr wrote:Amazing 6-Gill shot. How close was the breath-holding diver next to it?

Also, my last guess for #30 is a Pacific Staghorn Sculpin.

If I'm right, I'm taking zero credit as I made an exhaustive search of.......... "Lowell's Critter Pictures" in order to make this guess. :prayer:

dd

Or...you are one that utilizes ALL resources to find an answer.

Yep...Pacific Staghorn Sculpin.

And I don't need to show the whole picture, as I think you already posted it for me.
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Sigh.....I think that I'll go off into a corner now and throw a petulant frenzy. :-({|=
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Ugh. I do feel like a scene-stealing cheater. First, I resort to prowling through Lowell's critters to find the fish, then, when Diver C shows me how to post pictures on this thing, I steal his thunder!

I'm sorry. I'll say some Hail Marys and do some sort of nice kharmic penance.

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