The Eyes Have It!

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:02 am

Maverick wrote:Bob is yours a gunnel?

Mine is not a gunnel.

Another "guess" at Tom's would be snake prickleback, although you should be seeing lots of those on night dives at Redondo ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:14 am

Hey Tom,

My bet is that yours is a Blackbelly Eelpout.

- Janna

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:38 am

nwscubamom wrote:Hey Tom,

My bet is that yours is a Blackbelly Eelpout.

- Janna

Ding Ding Ding Ding! At least, I hope that is what it is! It is the first I've seen, though not uncommon from what I'm told.

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:52 am

Yours is indeed a Blackbelly Eelpout, and sadly one of the things that gave it away was the start of a purplish tumor under the eye, typical of this species at Redondo. :(

- Janna

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:57 am

Shows ya what I know ... I'd have thought that thing in the picture was a northern ronquil.

Anyway, that's not what my eye in #9 is ... and it's the only one unguessed at this point ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:59 am

So THAT'S what that pink color is! I've spent a BUNCH of time trying to figure out Tom's shot and, frankly, I didn't have a CLUE!

Great one, Tom! I learned something new! And major kudos to Janna for coming up with the answer!

- John

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:02 am

Grateful Diver wrote:

I'm really stumped on this! The only fish I can think of that I see on night dives at Redondo that I don't normally see during the day there would be Sailfin Sculpin and Blackbelly Eelpout....and neither of those fit. Give us another hint, Bob!

- Janna

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:10 am

nwscubamom wrote:Yours is indeed a Blackbelly Eelpout, and sadly one of the things that gave it away was the start of a purplish tumor under the eye, typical of this species at Redondo. :(

- Janna

Yikes! Who would have known?

Too bad about the tumor... any idea of cause? Nice to know I was right, and thanks for the definite ID!

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:27 am

nwscubamom wrote:
Grateful Diver wrote:

I'm really stumped on this! The only fish I can think of that I see on night dives at Redondo that I don't normally see during the day there would be Sailfin Sculpin and Blackbelly Eelpout....and neither of those fit. Give us another hint, Bob!

- Janna

Don't get too hung up on the night dives part ... I just see them more often then. It's a very common Redondo sighting.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:41 am

Here's an easy one... #11

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:56 am

And another easy one... #12

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:59 am

Grateful Diver wrote:
nwscubamom wrote:
Grateful Diver wrote:

I'm really stumped on this! The only fish I can think of that I see on night dives at Redondo that I don't normally see during the day there would be Sailfin Sculpin and Blackbelly Eelpout....and neither of those fit. Give us another hint, Bob!

- Janna
Don't get too hung up on the night dives part ... I just see them more often then. It's a very common Redondo sighting.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Is is a Gunnel?

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:55 pm

It's not a gunnel ...

... and aren't #11 and #12 the same picture?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:06 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:It's not a gunnel ...

... and aren't #11 and #12 the same picture?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Technical difficulty... I'll correct it when I'm back to my laptop...

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:11 pm

Tom Nic wrote:Here's an easy one... #11

Would both #11 and #12

be a Painted Greenling?

- Janna

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:13 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:

Any chance this might be a Sturgeon Poacher?

- Janna

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:23 pm

nwscubamom wrote:
Tom Nic wrote:Here's an easy one... #11

Would both #11 and #12 be a Painted Greenling?

- Janna

Ding Ding Ding Ding! You are correct! Although that is way too easy, with the painted vertical bar in the eye!

I'll post a new one for the one that accidentally got changed!

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:25 pm

nwscubamom wrote:
Grateful Diver wrote:
Any chance this might be a Sturgeon Poacher?

- Janna

I would say there's a 100% chance that's what it is ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:03 pm

Here's the full shot of my Scalyhead Sculpin:

<a href="" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/4039 ... 2376_o.jpg" width="500" height="624" alt="Sunrise_1a"></a>

He was nestled inside an old vacant barnacle at Sunrise.

- John

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:06 pm

And here's another eye....I believe that it would be # 13:

<a href="" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/3992 ... b615_o.jpg" width="100" height="110" alt="Fisheye_1A"></a>

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:29 am

OK... this might be a bit confusing.... but #11 got corrupted and ended up being #12... UNTIL I corrected it just now, so the eye photo of #11 that was included in Janna's correctly guessed painted greenling above is not a painted greenling...

Sheesh! My apologies!

So... We'll just ditch 11 all together, and I'll make it:

#14 - should be an easy one!

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:47 am

John is your eye an octo?

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:38 am

Maverick wrote:John is your eye an octo?

Nope! Sooner or later this game will branch out into invertebrates, but not yet! It's a fish.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:20 am

13: warbonnet
14: brown rockfish

??

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:30 am

John Rawlings wrote:And here's another eye....I believe that it would be # 13:

<a href="" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/3992 ... b615_o.jpg" width="100" height="110" alt="Fisheye_1A"></a>

Sailfin sculpin?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)