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Giant Grenadier (Coryphaenoides pectoralis)Observer
dfo_deep_sea_ecology_programDescription
Observed on the Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Expedition in August 2024. Look in the observation fields below for a link to the video, and check out the expedition website for more info at https://www.nepdep.com/2024expedition
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King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis)Observer
coltondixonDescription
Found dead on the shore
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Pacific Sandfish (Trichodon trichodon)Observer
petezaniDescription
The last four images are of the fish burrowing into the tide pool, which it did by shimmying straight down.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
stormcatcherDescription
fish larva 2 mm long
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Tidepool Sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)Observer
eblekeDescription
The mottled fish.
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Sculpins and Allies (Suborder Cottoidei)Observer
kelpgreenlingDescription
Several of these clumps were in crevices in the midtidal zone. Eggs were same size as salmon eggs, approx 3-5mm.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
squibbblyDescription
eggs - possibly snail?
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Kararehe (Animals) (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
wendy5Description
It looks like the carnivorous Phacellophora camtschatica (Fried Egg Jelly) is covered in juvenile Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness Crab)! Will the jelly eat them?
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
tobiashaysDescription
Under stone in tidepool.
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Pacific Barreleye (Macropinna microstoma)Observer
linddealyPlace
Missing Location
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Rockfishes (Genus Sebastes)Observer
sebastophileDescription
I think three of these are juvenile splitnose rockfish (not positive) and there is one more I can't ID. These organisms were collected as part of the 2018-2019 NSF Funded Mezo-zooplankton Trophodynamics in the California Current survey (MEZCAL).
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Genus ZaniolepisObserver
mo-singhDescription
Found this little guy swimming with minuscule green plankton (seen throughout the shots, especially at the end). It didn't seem like he was trying to eat them. Taken with an 100 mm lens.
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Sculpins and Allies (Suborder Cottoidei)Observer
dylancreaturesDescription
That’s my pinky finger in the second photo. Released unharmed after pictures.
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Red Brotula (Brosmophycis marginata)Observer
amelia494Place
Quathiaski Cove Harbor, Strathcona J (Discovery Islands-Mainland Inlets), BC, CA (Google, OSM)
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Genus HypsoblenniusObserver
socal_anglingDescription
Netted, fairly long soft dorsal fin can be seen in second photo
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Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)Observer
barbarayoDescription
Dead in a tide pool. Tail area bitten/ripped off!
If you look closely you can see the octopus that’s enjoying it as a snack!
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Eelpouts and Allies (Suborder Zoarcoidei)Observer
cephalopodessDescription
Or rockweed gunnel?
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Crescent Gunnel (Pholis laeta)Observer
funnieanimalsDescription
Fish getting peeled like a sock ;u;
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Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)Observer
christopherchinDescription
Two cabezon spotted guarding their eggs. Later in the dive only one cabezon was still around. The second dive, both were gone.
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Genus OikopleuraObserver
leftcoasterDescription
There were thousands of these little blobs in the water column. They seemed to be pulsing.
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Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa)Observer
kelpricornDescription
Location: Brown Point, Olympic National Park
Substrate: sandstone
Tide height: -2’ MLLW
Wave exposure: high
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Flathead Sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon)Observer
emmareichlDescription
Absolutely riddled with parasites
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Observer
kljinsitkaDescription
Inside Pacific halibut stomach
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Sculpins and Allies (Suborder Cottoidei)Observer
clstoneDescription
Possibly eggs
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Pricklebacks (Family Stichaeidae)Observer
hookandbarreloutdoorscaDescription
Caught while catching sea worms
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Rockfishes (Genus Sebastes)Observer
hookandbarreloutdoorscaDescription
Caught while catching sea worms
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Genus PholisObserver
ewrunn1ngDescription
These two were hiding in an empty Lewis's Moon Snail shell while waiting for the tide to come in.
