Re: NANFA-- Great Lakes in-depth

Dave Neely (rheopresbe_at_hotmail.com)
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:53:21 CST

Cool! Wish I would have seen it. The presence of rock bass suggests that it
was one of the shallower wrecks, and that the sculpins were either slimy or
"mottled" sculpins. You wouldn't mistake either spoonhead or deepwater
sculpins for these- the median fins on the deepwater are HUGE, with the
membranes deeply incised between the rays, and they have big bony knobs on
the top of their head. The spoonhead (as the name suggests) has an
incredibly flattened head, and long, recurved preopercular spines.

cheers,
Dave

>I saw a show today on PBS called Great Lakes In-Depth. This episode >showed
>a segment with divers in Lake Superior exploring a shipwreck >which had
>rock bass and unidentified sculpins living within the >various nooks and
>crannies of the ship.I particularly liked the >footage of the sculpins
>hopping around amidst the wreck and poking >their heads out of holes

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