Fish from Boundary Bay

[Kronk]

I went for a walk the other day at boundary bay near twassessen and noticed a fish flopping around on the sand i picked it up and placed it back in the water... anybody have an ID for this guy, i thought a Bullfish but its Fins look very different and they are primarily freshwater

[fishmaster]

Originally Posted by Kronk

I went for a walk the other day at boundary bay near twassessen and noticed a fish flopping around on the sand i picked it up and placed it back in the water... anybody have an ID for this guy, i thought a Bullfish but its Fins look very different and they are primarily freshwater

Looks like a staghorn sculpin. They will live in fresh, brackish and full salt.
Not 100% but that's what it looks like to me.

[Scavenger]

One of these??

http://fishbase.se/identification/sp...=277&areacode=

[fishmaster]

Ok.....definately a sculpin, IMO most likely a staghorn, but could something else for sure. I'm prety sure staghorns are the most common in that area and favour the sandflat/estuary type environment. Again...IMO...
Shaun.

[fishface]

i grew up in richmond, caught those all the time...we just call em bullheads

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by fishmaster

Ok.....definately a sculpin, IMO most likely a staghorn, but could something else for sure. I'm prety sure staghorns are the most common in that area and favour the sandflat/estuary type environment. Again...IMO...
Shaun.

I'm sure it's a sculpin too. My money is on a common/tidepool sculpin. The above pic shows 2 bands on the pec fins (that I can see) and all staghorn pic's I've seen have at least 4. Though I don't know if this is a valid ID method or not.

[fishmaster]

Pretty hard to tell without a better pic.??????I'll check my book when I get home.

[Kronk]

Cool thanks for all the replies... i just thought it was cool to something other than rotting crabs and snails at the beach.

[Kabong]

Originally Posted by fishface

i grew up in richmond, caught those all the time...we just call em bullheads

Yep that's a bull head all right, Used to fish them off the dock when I was a kid.

[Johnny Reefer]

Uh Huh. Bullhead. Ditto on the kid thing. Mouth of the Capilano here.

Cheers,