I'm having trouble identifying some sculpins we caught during our trip
in NW GA this weekend. I plan to post a report once I sort out our catch,
but I'm hampered by a lack of field manuals. The Peterson's we got from the
library is not very helpful with sculpins. Anyway, I caught two of the same
kind (I think). One is about 4.5" long and the other is less than 2". The
large one is marked like a banded sculpin, except he has a broad band of
white from just behind the eyes to the dorsal fin. The smaller one is just
like it, except the dark part of his body is almost black. Any clues?
Thanks,
Steven A. Ellis
Kennesaw, GA
At 07:53 AM 1/10/00 CST, you wrote:
>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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