Fish & Invertebrate sightings and descriptions, hosted by resident NWDC ID expert Janna Nichols (nwscubamom).
Grateful Diver
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by Grateful Diver Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:31 am
Tom Nic wrote: 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!
Wolf eel?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Sounder
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by Sounder Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:33 am
Drats! You beat me to it!!! I wanted to guess Wolfie too!
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John Rawlings
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by John Rawlings Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:46 am
Grateful Diver wrote:
Sailfin sculpin?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Nope.....it's NOT a Sailfin Sculpin.
Tangfish wrote: 13: warbonnet
14: brown rockfish
??
Nope.....# 13 is NOT a Warbonnet.
Tom Nic
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by Tom Nic Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:07 pm
Grateful Diver wrote: Tom Nic wrote: 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!
Wolf eel?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
DING DING DING DING DING! We have a winner! Mr. Google Eyes himself! (the wolf eel,
not GD!)
John Rawlings
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by John Rawlings Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:14 pm
nwscubamom wrote:
Blackeye Goby?
Nope....it is NOT a Blackeyed Goby.
nwscubamom
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by nwscubamom Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:02 pm
While I'm pondering John's fish eye, here's another one of mine:
- Janna
John Rawlings
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by John Rawlings Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:28 pm
nwscubamom wrote: While I'm pondering John's fish eye, here's another one of mine:
- Janna
Might that be a C-O Sole, Janna?
- John
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by nwscubamom Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:08 pm
John Rawlings wrote: nwscubamom wrote: While I'm pondering John's fish eye, here's another one of mine:
- Janna
Might that be a C-O Sole, Janna?
- John
When you're hot, you're HOT!!!! A C-O Sole, it is!!! HOOORAY!
(grumble, that was too easy!)
- Janna
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by John Rawlings Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:08 pm
Yeah.....it WAS too easy! I'd know those big bug-eyes anywhere! HA!
Still, I NEEDED that after my debacle with Calvin's blue-eyed Ling!
Here....try THIS one on for size....I guess that it's eye # 16:
<a href="
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/4052 ... e045_o.jpg " width="150" height="150" alt="DSC_0005b"></a>
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Jan K
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by Jan K Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:14 pm
John, Cabezons have that little siphon nostril near eyes.. is it a cabbie?
John Rawlings
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by John Rawlings Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:43 pm
Jan K wrote: John, Cabezons have that little siphon nostril near eyes.. is it a cabbie?
Nope.....not a Cabbie! Think SMALL.
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by Sounder Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:59 pm
Black-eyed Goby?
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John Rawlings
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by John Rawlings Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:06 pm
Sounder wrote: Black-eyed Goby?
Nope....sorry, Sounder!
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by nwscubamom Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:34 pm
[In her best Jacques Cousteau voice]
Oooh la laaaa, might zees be ze Croissant Gunnel? Ze leetle teeny nostril and ze vhite line are some very good clues...
- Janna
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by John Rawlings Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:08 am
nwscubamom wrote:
[In her best Jacques Cousteau voice]
Oooh la laaaa, might zees be ze Croissant Gunnel? Ze leetle teeny nostril and ze vhite line are some very good clues...
- Janna
Oui!!!!! (or "wee" for those requiring phonetic spelling!) Un croissant gunnel eet eez!!!!!
<a href="
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/4052 ... 9c2b_o.jpg " width="400" height="350" alt="Fisheye_1"></a>
Sounder
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by Sounder Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:37 pm
Are you kidding me Janna?!
Nostril?! I thought it was a small bit of back-scatter. Then again, if it's a J.R. picture I should not assume any back scatter now should I? Oi vey. ](*,)
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Tangfish
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by Tangfish Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:39 pm
John Rawlings wrote: So......Sounder......
Care to try your luck on THIS one?
Believe it or not, you have a distinct advantage over everyone else on this shot!
<a href="
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/4052 ... e045_o.jpg " width="150" height="150" alt="DSC_0005b"></a>
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Is this a stubby squid?
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by Sounder Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:40 pm
Black-eyed Goby?!
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by John Rawlings Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:37 pm
Tangfish wrote: Is this a stubby squid?
That would be a.....
NEGATIVE!
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by John Rawlings Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:41 pm
Sounder wrote: Black-eyed Goby?!
Uhhhhh.....Sounder?
Woop....WOOP....
WOOP ....
WOOOP!
That
IS correct!
I've never seen one with this much color on it before, but he (she?) was clearly "stylin'".
<a href="
" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/4052 ... b21d_o.jpg " width="500" height="355" alt="DSC_0005a"></a>
Sounder
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by Sounder Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:10 pm
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nwscubamom
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by nwscubamom Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:37 pm
no need to guess invertebrates at this point - We're ONLY doing fish eyes in this thread!
Here's another one for you! The quality is lousy when I blow it up. Sorry!!
- Janna
Sheesh! My apologies!
Nostril?! I thought it was a small bit of back-scatter. Then again, if it's a J.R. picture I should not assume any back scatter now should I? Oi vey. ](*,)
