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Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:36 pm
by nwscubamom
Jenn, that is FREAKY cool!!! Looks like a photoshop job, but I know better - that's his real color. (or hers). What an amazing sight. Great shots, you done real good, girl!
Wow wow wow wow.
- Janna
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:45 am
by scottsax
Amazing shots of that guy!
Can someone with some marine biology knowledge tell me why PSL's are shaped/colored that way?
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:02 am
by Tom Nic
I think Sparky should be the new official mascot of NWDC and that a picture of him should replace the hoity-toity Orca on the back of NWDC T-Shirts. He even goes with the color scheme of the board!
(Of course, this opinion is from someone who thinks that "Grunt Sculpin Divers" would be a cool name for a dive club.)
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:26 am
by Dusty2
Went down looking for him last night but no luck. there were 5 of us all looking for him and no luck! :naka:
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:34 am
by mz53480
scottsax wrote:... tell me why PSL's are shaped/colored that way?
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:35 pm
by scottsax
Actually, wouldn't that be
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:44 pm
by scottsax
But seriously, I am curious about the morphology of these critters....
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:58 pm
by Greg Jensen
I suspect the color differences are at least partly genetic, as the one that was breeding long ago in my tank was the same blue color and all her babies were blue. As for their shape- beats me. They can certainly zip around a lot better than one would expect from looking at them. Maybe their big conical scales have a hydrodynamic function, like the aerodynamic benefits of the dimples on a golf ball. Since most fish swallow prey whole, their shape probably makes them tough to swallow (kind of like a puffer fish that is always puffed). I haven't seen many records of them in fish stomachs.
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:16 pm
by enchantmentdivi
Tom Nic wrote:I think Sparky should be the new official mascot of NWDC and that a picture of him should replace the hoity-toity Orca on the back of NWDC T-Shirts. He even goes with the color scheme of the board!
(Of course, this opinion is from someone who thinks that "Grunt Sculpin Divers" would be a cool name for a dive club.)
If you want him, he's all yours!
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:50 pm
by Sounder
"Northwest Lumpsuckers!"
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:20 pm
by dwashbur
scottsax wrote:Amazing shots of that guy!
Can someone with some marine biology knowledge tell me why PSL's are shaped/colored that way?
I second that question and chenari thirds it!!!!
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:03 pm
by enchantmentdivi
enchantmentdivi wrote:Tom Nic wrote:I think Sparky should be the new official mascot of NWDC and that a picture of him should replace the hoity-toity Orca on the back of NWDC T-Shirts. He even goes with the color scheme of the board!
(Of course, this opinion is from someone who thinks that "Grunt Sculpin Divers" would be a cool name for a dive club.)
If you want him, he's all yours!
Actually, if you guys want a lumpsucker t-shirt, Rogue Brewery makes one (and I have it):
http://store.rogue.com/cart.php?action= ... d_number=5 They also make a pretty cool wolf eel t-shirt (yeah, I have that one too):
http://store.rogue.com/cart.php?action= ... d_number=6 
Re: "Sparky" the Lumpsucker
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:09 am
by FishGirl
Jenn-AWESOME find and photos!! That is the coolest color ever! Tami and I are going hunting this afternoon!!
Tom, I second the Grunt Sculpin Divers!! Haha :P My all time favorite fish.