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JackK · 10-12-2010, 12:02 PM

Close... Not a rock gunnel, but a banded gunnel... Pholis fasciata. The color & pattern on rock gunnels (especially that size) is much more pronounced, additionally they don't have the bars on the dorsal/anal fins... they have a row of black spots.

*** Edit... I lied... I just checked the range, and banded's seem to be much more northernly. Gunnel for sure, doesn't look like a rock, but it must be as that's the only species in the range. Only other thing I can think of is a juvie wrymouth.

10-12-2010, 12:02 PM	#11
JackK Not Jack iTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Other Cape Posts: 1,239	Close... Not a rock gunnel, but a banded gunnel... Pholis fasciata. The color & pattern on rock gunnels (especially that size) is much more pronounced, additionally they don't have the bars on the dorsal/anal fins... they have a row of black spots. *** Edit... I lied... I just checked the range, and banded's seem to be much more northernly. Gunnel for sure, doesn't look like a rock, but it must be as that's the only species in the range. Only other thing I can think of is a juvie wrymouth. Last edited by JackK; 10-12-2010 at 12:16 PM..