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Showing posts with label topsmelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label topsmelt. Show all posts

Monday, January 24, 2022

Disappearing act?

Back in December, I was trying to photograph this fish in the low intertidal zone:

 
I turned my head for a second and when I looked back I couldn't find the fish again.  I started scanning the pool, and then I noticed a silvery green-blue color out of the corner of my eye:
 
 
Whoops!  The first fish had been caught by a second fish!
 
I could use some help with the identifications.  Any ideas?  I'm wondering if the first fish is a Topsmelt (Atherinops affinis).  The second fish appears to be a sculpin, but I'm not sure which species.  If you have any thoughts about either one, I'd be interested.