Something's Fishy

@sumthinsfishy

Some fishy stuff goes on here... I am currently a graduate student at Humboldt State University in northern California where I am establishing a baseline biodiversity index for tidepool fish communities, evaluating rockfish recruitment in tidepools and examining the genetic connectivity of sculpins in tidepools. I graduated from Lake Superior State University with a B.S. in fisheries management and a minor in chemistry. I have been keeping all kinds of fish for over 10 years now, so feel free to ask about anything related to freshwater or brackish water aquariums or really anything about fish!

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Calico Sculpin Clinocottus embryum

Some north coast nudibranchs!

#nudibranchs #pacific #northwest #tidepools #california

#anemone #marine biology #tide pools

Northern Clingfish Gobiesox maeandricus

First picture is a juvenile, the rest are an adult. The pelvic fins are modified to form a suction disc that makes them extremely difficult to get out of a bucket to collect data on them.

Whitespotted Greenling Hexagrammos stelleri

Tidepool Snailfish Liparis florae

Pricklebacks. Family: Stichaeidae

Monkeyface Prickleback Cebidichthys violaceus

Black Prickleback Xiphister atropurpureus

Rock Prickleback Xiphister mucosus

Penpoint Gunnel Apodichthys flavidus

Sculpins! Family: Cottidae

Fluffy Sculpin Oligocottus snyderi

Tidepool Sculpin Oligocottus maculatus

Mosshead Sculpin Clinocottus globiceps

Roughcheek Sculpin Ruscarius creaseri

Juvenile Black Rockfish

Sebastes melanops

Recently got back from a sampling trip near Fort Bragg, CA, so I'll be posting photos of some of the fish I caught during it!

Fish for sale!

If anyone is interested, I have a couple brackish water fish I'm selling. They are a Monodactylus argenteus (~4" long, 4" tall) and a columbian shark catfish (Sciades seemanni) that is around 7" long. Send me a message if you want to buy either of them and we can decide on a reasonable price!