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Sculpins in the Capilano
« on: November 05, 2013, 12:05:24 PM »
Caught this little guy Saturday in the Capilano River. He looks like a Rocky Mountain Sculpin. Seems a bit out of range as from what I have read they are found in a couple rivers in Alberta and Montana. Can anyone elaborate? http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species-especes/rocky-mountain-sculpin-chabot-montagnes-rocheuses-eng.htm

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Re: Sculpins in the Capilano
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2013, 12:22:45 PM »
Quote from: Ambassador on November 05, 2013, 12:05:24 PM
Caught this little guy Saturday in the Capilano River. He looks like a Rocky Mountain Sculpin. Seems a bit out of range as from what I have read they are found in a couple rivers in Alberta and Montana. Can anyone elaborate? http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species-especes/rocky-mountain-sculpin-chabot-montagnes-rocheuses-eng.htm

Hungry little guy!


Pacific Staghorn Sculpin perhaps? judging by what DFO says, that is certainly way out of its range if it is a Rocky Mountain sculpin...
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Re: Sculpins in the Capilano
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2013, 12:26:28 PM »
Coastrange sculpin.
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Re: Sculpins in the Capilano
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2013, 08:20:06 PM »
I caught one that looked like that in the Vedder once and one in Cultus lake.
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Re: Sculpins in the Capilano
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2013, 10:27:01 PM »
Small sculpins like this are not uncommon in streams. They also make up an important diet for large bull trout and cutthroat trout.
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