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ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:46 am
by derekcs
Last night at Redondo, I stumbled across an egg yolk jellyfish and found this little fish swimming in the tentacles. The fish was maybe 2 inches long. The translucence made me think it might be a juvenile. It doesn't really look like a younger version of the medusafish I found two years ago, but I understand there are multiple species. It was definitely not captured prey, though, and was using the jellyfish as shelter.

Can anyone help ID this?

Re: ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:35 pm
by ScubaJess
Wow super cute!!!! What a great find!

Re: ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:35 pm
by ScubaJess
Wow super cute!!!! :luv: What a great find! :partydance: :eric:

Re: ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm
by Cmjstealth
Certainly looks like something in the cod family but what specifically I'm not sure; hopefully someone else weighs in. Can really young Walleye Pollock look like this?

Re: ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:23 pm
by derekcs
Cmjstealth wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm Certainly looks like something in the cod family but what specifically I'm not sure; hopefully someone else weighs in. Can really young Walleye Pollock look like this?
Greg Jensen said it's a juvenile pollock. I thought the shape looked familiar. Thanks Greg!

Re: ID help: Medusafish?

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:23 pm
by derekcs
Cmjstealth wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm Certainly looks like something in the cod family but what specifically I'm not sure; hopefully someone else weighs in. Can really young Walleye Pollock look like this?
Greg Jensen said it's a juvenile pollock. I thought the shape looked familiar. Thanks Greg!