Puget Sound Sculpin 2

Babies of a Puget Sound Sculpin
Ruscarius meanyi (Jordan and Starks)

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6.2 mm size of a Puget Sound Sculpin
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view; Bottom, ventral view.

9 mm size of a Puget Sound Sculpin
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view; Bottom, ventral view.

DATA ABOUT SPECIMENS ABOVE

Specimens above caught: 28 February, 1972.
Collection Site: West of Fleming Island, Deer Island Group, Barkley Sound, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia, Canada.
Collection Depth: Daylight, near-surface depths, along islands over 30 m water depth.
Collection Method: Ten-minute tows of a conical, fine-mesh townet.
Collector: John Dobrocky, Dobrocky Seatech, Ltd., Victoria, BC.
Illustration above: Copyright, 2000, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.