Monday, January 29, 2018

A perfect match

 

Another well camouflaged sculpin.  It's a perfect match for the surrounding coralline algae!


Here's a close-up (below).  I can't get over the beauty of their pectoral fins!


 


ADDENDUM (30 January 2018):  P.S.  A reader wrote to ask about the fish's pink coloration.  So I'm adding a close-up photo so you can look at some of the details:

 
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 30, 2018 at 6:22 AM

    Does the sculpin actually have the algae growing on it?

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  2. Jackie SonesJanuary 30, 2018 at 6:43 AM

    Hi!

    It looks like it, doesn't it? But no, as far as I know, the coralline algae doesn't grow on the fish. I don't know much about fish, but I would guess the pink patches are pigments (in cells) in the skin.

    See new close-up photo added on 30 January 2018.

    :) Jackie

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