Welcome to Sculpin Sunday everyone! Today I'd like to introduce you to a very cool member of the sculpin family. Sculpins for those of you how are not familiar with them are a family of bottom dwelling marine fishes that mostly reside in the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to to northern California. There are several species that live in fresh water as well on the coastal regions of British Columbia and even a few that live in some in land lakes. ![Smoothhead Sculpin-3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRKKGb5DG76aSDaWuZFeSbnRogw5FX2pa2JSfWwPSwhXT/Smoothhead%20Sculpin-3.jpg) Today's family member is the Smoothhead sculpin, Artedius lateralis. Smoothhead Sculpins are similar to their slighly small cousins the Scalyhead Sculpin, Artedius harringtoni and tend to be more drab in their colouration, but depeding on where you are diving and the reefs the Smoothhead is found their can be some beautiful exceptions. These little fish tend to be found on the bottom near reefs rather than on the reef like Scalyheads. They also venture into shallower water, often being found under rocks at low tide. ![Smoothhead Sculpin-1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmboru4KR8CEsAhLisLHVQot8mXQjxbyeJcSZ9mbPomHYU/Smoothhead%20Sculpin-1.jpg) Smoothheads have a longer, flatter snout than either Scalyhead or Padded Sculpins. As the common name implies, they don't have scales on the head but they can have a lot of threadlike cirri. They have two or three cirri at the corner of the mouth, and these are often fairly thick or flattened. The scaled area is narrow, with only about 3 -5 scales in each oblique row in the anterior part. ![Smoothhead Sculpin-4.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZw3LMWDeoAt6CBCDoR5pR1QWszSzQmfox1EwyqeaUGqp/Smoothhead%20Sculpin-4.jpg) ![Smoothhead Sculpin-2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWEe8kQu77y87Yjf2Vwu8U5akzHW3P75cecFxWkRiwJ5L/Smoothhead%20Sculpin-2.jpg) Finding and capturing images of these fish is a fun way to learn about new species but also a finding new ways keep you dives fun if your diving the same areas all the time. Keep your eyes pealed and your camera ready you never know what you might find. Enjoy your Sunday and happy shooting. Scott. For more stories and images - http://www.scottstevensonphotography.ca/
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Taking a lot of beautiful pictures. All the pictures are beautiful. Go ahead and give a beautiful gift
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beautiful photos I love fish and those colors highlighting
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It looks like very hard to notice them on the rocks.. Their colour is matching with the ground.
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Damn !I always fall for your images sir.
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Damn !I always fall for your images sir.
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Wow!!! awesome photos! It's always nice to see some of your pics! I'm looking forward to be somewhere with more life and beter visibility… I'm now at Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico and I'm freediving every day but the visibilite goes from maybe 5 or 6 meters on the best days to maybe 2 or 3 in the worst ones, also no live coral :( Still manage to get some not so bad photos with my GoPro 3... nothing like yours… sadly GoPro cant take good close ups so small things are not an option... Thanks for sharing! :)
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