Pacific Ocean Babies

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4.2 mm size of a Soft Sculpin
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

6.5 mm size of a Soft Sculpin
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

DATA ABOUT SPECIMENS Specimens above caught: July, 1971. Collection Site: Boat harbour, Ucluelet Inlet, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Collection Depth: Daylight, near-surface depths. Collection Method: Conical, fine-mesh townet. Collector: Jim Amundrud, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Illustrations above: Copyright 2000, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.