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PapaZ
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Scaley Head?

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At Sunrise Sunday

Scaley head male?
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Re: Scaley Head?

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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

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Re: Scaley Head?

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Thank you for the info. Was hard to see top of head due to background coloration. Will follow up.
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Re: Scaley Head?

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Nice pics 🤩 looks like a fun dive 🖖🤿🐟🐟🐟
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