Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:09 pm
(Sounder sings the Buffalo Sculpin song, swaying back and forth, with hands in the air)
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:19 am
Bob is yours a salmon? I know it might be hard to take a picture of a salmon but maybe you didn't take the picture.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:25 am
is #6 a mosshead or decorated warbonnet, John?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:30 am
I did take the picture, and it's not a salmon.Maverick wrote:Bob is yours a salmon? I know it might be hard to take a picture of a salmon but maybe you didn't take the picture.
Hint ... I took the picture on a night dive at Redondo ... and it's a fish you'll see there on almost every night dive ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:36 am
is it a surf perch or shiner perch?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:41 am
That would be a......NEGATIVE!Maverick wrote:is #6 a mosshead or decorated warbonnet, John?
Remember the hint that I gave earlier - I said earlier that it IS a Sculpin of some kind.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:42 am
Nope ...Maverick wrote:is it a surf perch or shiner perch?
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:42 am
Sailfin Sculpin?!John Rawlings wrote:That would be a......NEGATIVE!Maverick wrote:is #6 a mosshead or decorated warbonnet, John?
Remember the hint that I gave earlier - I said earlier that it IS a Sculpin of some kind.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:50 am
I already guessed that ... and then remembered that sailfin sculpins have a large dark stripe through their eye.Tangfish wrote:Sailfin Sculpin?!John Rawlings wrote:That would be a......NEGATIVE!Maverick wrote:is #6 a mosshead or decorated warbonnet, John?
Remember the hint that I gave earlier - I said earlier that it IS a Sculpin of some kind.
I'm gonna guess that it's a scalyhead ... and now that I'm typing it, I think I already guessed that too ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:53 am
Hint on #9, since no one is even guessing...
-Photo taken on a Night Dive at Redondo, and is the only one I've ever seen.
-Photo taken on a Night Dive at Redondo, and is the only one I've ever seen.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:04 am
Bay pipefish?Tom Nic wrote:Hint on #9, since no one is even guessing...
-Photo taken on a Night Dive at Redondo, and is the only one I've ever seen.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:23 am
Nope. Bigger!Grateful Diver wrote:Bay pipefish?Tom Nic wrote:Hint on #9, since no one is even guessing...
-Photo taken on a Night Dive at Redondo, and is the only one I've ever seen.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:35 am
DING DING DING DING and DING!Grateful Diver wrote:I already guessed that ... and then remembered that sailfin sculpins have a large dark stripe through their eye.Tangfish wrote:Sailfin Sculpin?!John Rawlings wrote:That would be a......NEGATIVE!Maverick wrote:is #6 a mosshead or decorated warbonnet, John?
Remember the hint that I gave earlier - I said earlier that it IS a Sculpin of some kind.
I'm gonna guess that it's a scalyhead ... and now that I'm typing it, I think I already guessed that too ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Bob GOT it! It IS a Scalyhead Sculpin! I'll post the photo when I get home and have access to it.
- John (Whew!)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:38 am
Slender cockscomb? I saw a couple of those there last night ...Tom Nic wrote:Nope. Bigger!Grateful Diver wrote:Bay pipefish?Tom Nic wrote:Hint on #9, since no one is even guessing...
-Photo taken on a Night Dive at Redondo, and is the only one I've ever seen.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:48 am
Bob is yours a gunnel?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:02 am
Mine is not a gunnel.Maverick wrote:Bob is yours 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)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:14 am
Hey Tom,
My bet is that yours is a Blackbelly Eelpout.
- Janna
My bet is that yours is a Blackbelly Eelpout.
- Janna
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:38 am
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 wrote:Hey Tom,
My bet is that yours is a Blackbelly Eelpout.
- Janna
Posted: 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
- Janna
Posted: 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)
Anyway, that's not what my eye in #9 is ... and it's the only one unguessed at this point ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: 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
Great one, Tom! I learned something new! And major kudos to Janna for coming up with the answer!
- John
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:02 am
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!Grateful Diver wrote:
- Janna
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:10 am
Yikes! Who would have known?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
Too bad about the tumor... any idea of cause? Nice to know I was right, and thanks for the definite ID!Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:27 am
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.nwscubamom 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!Grateful Diver wrote:
- Janna
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:41 am
Here's an easy one... #11
