Grunt Sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni

Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, 2000

This is one of my favorite fish.

A bizarre fish that "walks" using its pectoral fins.Difficult to find, the fish's color and markings help it blend in with the rubble of empty barnacles and whelk shells.

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