Pacific Ocean Babies

Babies of Rock Greenling
Hexagrammos lagocephalus Pallas
Gallery of Baby Fish

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5 mm size of a Rock Greenling
Top,
dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

8.8 mm size of a Rock Greenling
Top,
dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

DATA ABOUT SPECIMENS ABOVE

Specimens above caught: 12 April, 1973
Collection Site:
Peacock Channel of the Broken Island Group, Barkley Sound, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia, Canada.
Collection Depth:
Daylight, near-surface tows, along islands in 30 m depths.
Collection Method:
Ten-minute tows with a conical, fine-mesh townet.
Collector:
John Dobrocky, Dobrocky Seatech, Ltd., Victoria, BC.
Illustrations above:
Copyright, 2000, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Pacific Ocean Babies