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Anyone know what this pink sculpiny unit is?

Started by Guest_ANALFIN_* , Sep 26 2013 06:38 AM

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#1 Guest_ANALFIN_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:38 AM

*in oregon you are not allowed to RELEASE fish , you can keep them if there's no threat of them being reintroduced to the wild.*

We caught him at the creek behind my friends house in marcola, oregon. hes about 4 inches and pink with brown spots(cute). What do you think he is?

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#2 Guest_trygon_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:53 AM

Photichthys outafocusii or possibly Phototankae ineedone.

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#3 Guest_Casper_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 08:33 AM

Molly Crawl Bottom

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#4 Guest_daveneely_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 10:00 AM

Out of focus sculpin IDs are problematic, particularly there where you have five or six potential players. Casper's ID might be as good as you're going to get without additional photos.

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#5 Guest_trygon_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 10:09 AM

Aw, you guys have no sense of humor I worked hard on those names. Based on what I can tell from the image the "unit" is a fish, but I'll defer to Dave's diagnosis as a sculpin. He's an expert you know.

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#6 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 06:46 PM

Analfin, you obviously have a sense of humor, and can probably take a bit of criticism without a problem. Well, you need a decent photo tank, and a better focus. If Dave can't ID a sculpin, his specialty, then the photo is just too bad. If you search photo tanks on the forum, you will probably come up with some pretty decent cheap/makeshift ideas. I am certain that you just used what you had, and were obviously trying to comply with forum rules. Thank you for that. To give you something definitive, try to get a better photo. I had no idea that you had 5 or 6 sculpin species in Oregon. Pretty darn cool.

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#7 Guest_AquaticEngineer_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 08:47 PM

Looks a lot like the Reticulate Sculpins (Cottus Perplexus) I have.
http://forum.nanfa.o...age__hl__oregon

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#8 Guest_AquaticEngineer_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 08:53 PM

..... I had no idea that you had 5 or 6 sculpin species in Oregon. Pretty darn cool.

We actually have 15 native freshwater sculpins, and a lot more native saltwater sculpins

Coastrange sculpin, Cottus aleuticus
Columbia sculpin, Cottus hubbsi
Prickly sculpin, Cottus asper
Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi
Paiute sculpin, Cottus beldingi
Shorthead sculpin, Cottus confusus
Riffle sculpin, Cottus gulosus
Marbled sculpin, Cottus klamathensis
Margined sculpin, Cottus marginatus
Reticulate sculpin, Cottus perplexus
Pit sculpin, Cottus pitensis
Klamath Lake sculpin, Cottus princeps
Torrent sculpin, Cottus rhotheus
Slender sculpin, Cottus tenius
Pacific staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus

This is a couple lists that are really good for Oregon Freshwater Natives:

First one is just natives, and from ODFW
http://www.dfw.state.../freshwater.asp

This one is a wiki entry and includes all the introduced species as well
http://en.wikipedia....ishes_of_Oregon

Edited by AquaticEngineer, 26 September 2013 - 09:14 PM.

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#9 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 08:58 PM

Wow! That is sculpin haven up there. What a great genus to learn.

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#10 Guest_AquaticEngineer_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 09:25 PM

Wow! That is sculpin haven up there. What a great genus to learn.

You should see all the crazy saltwater ones I catch

Here's a couple I've had in the past:
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Edited by AquaticEngineer, 26 September 2013 - 09:29 PM.

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#11 Guest_Casper_*

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 11:54 PM

It's a weird world out there!

and...
Bryce... your Latin is unique and most proper in this situation.
Oddy your post was not visible when i recalled the common name for Appalachian Sculpins. Maybe the forum masters are keeping an eye on Mr. Smarty Pants.

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#12 Guest_ANALFIN_*

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 04:46 AM

Those saltwater sculpins are so cool!!! OMG! This website is way more helpful as i was told when I caught it that it was a " mexican frog fish" I will try to get better pictures, I will use a camera instead of my phone. Thank you!!

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#13 Guest_trygon_*

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 07:14 AM

Casper,
Thanks, I guess I caught the forum masters on a bad day. They were quite appropriate. Check your email today.

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#14 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 07:25 AM

No, these are not from my tanks (I wish I had a huge coldwater tank). I took these from the seacoast science centers aquarium in Rye and uploaded them as the topic went to saltwater sculpin. But here are pics of sculpins (at least I think they are sculpins) from their tank.

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#15 Guest_blakemarkwell_*

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 01:20 PM

Yeah, Oregon has a ton of cool Cottus, in addition to numerous lampreys (and Novumbra close by), but the state has some really weird laws preventing you from getting your hands on them using conventional collecting techniques for non-game fish. I did manage to flip a bunch while looking for Dicamptodon and Rhyacotriton, but was sans photo tank (and even with one, I'd need some formalin).