Tidepooling the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula, USA

Humpback Whale 8
Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's Beaked Whale 9
Mesoplodon densirostris
Common Porpoise 10
Phocoena phocoena
Orca 11
Orcinus orca
Harbor Seal 7
Phoca vitulina
Pacific Harbor Seal 12
Phoca vitulina richardii
Northern Elephant Seal 13
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 14
Zalophus californianus
Steller Sea Lion 15
Eumetopias jubatus
Sea Otter 16
Enhydra lutris
Northern Sea Otter 17
Enhydra lutris kenyoni
High Cockscomb 18
Anoplarchus purpurescens
Black Prickleback 19
Xiphister atropurpureus
Mosshead Warbonnet 2
Chirolophis nugator
Saddled Blenny 20
Pholis ornata
Penpoint Gunnel 21
Apodichthys flavidus
Shiner Surfperch
Cymatogaster aggregata
Pacific Sand Lance 22
Ammodytes hexapterus
Tidepool Sculpin 7
Oligocottus maculosus
Fluffy Sculpin 8
Oligocottus snyderi
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 24
Leptocottus armatus
Buffalo Sculpin 24
Enophrys bison
Red Irish Lord 25
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
copper rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
Lingcod 26
Ophiodon elongatus
Tidepool Snailfish 3
Liparis florae
Chum Salmon 27
Oncorhynchus keta
Coho Salmon 28
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Starry Flounder 29
Platichthys stellatus
Three-spined Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Surf Smelt 30
Hypomesus pretiosus
Plainfin Midshipman 31
Porichthys notatus
Northern Clingfish 32
Gobiesox maeandricus
Spotted Ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei

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