Tidepooling the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula, USA

Humpback Whale 1
Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's Beaked Whale 2
Mesoplodon densirostris
Common Porpoise 3
Phocoena phocoena
Orca 4
Orcinus orca
Harbor Seal 5
Phoca vitulina
Pacific Harbor Seal 6
Phoca vitulina richardii
Northern Elephant Seal 7
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 8
Zalophus californianus
Steller Sea Lion 9
Eumetopias jubatus
Sea Otter 10
Enhydra lutris
Northern Sea Otter 11
Enhydra lutris kenyoni
High Cockscomb 12
Anoplarchus purpurescens
Black Prickleback 13
Xiphister atropurpureus
Mosshead Warbonnet 14
Chirolophis nugator
Saddled Blenny 15
Pholis ornata
Penpoint Gunnel 16
Apodichthys flavidus
Shiner Surfperch
Cymatogaster aggregata
Pacific Sand Lance 17
Ammodytes hexapterus
Tidepool Sculpin 5
Oligocottus maculosus
Fluffy Sculpin 1
Oligocottus snyderi
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 19
Leptocottus armatus
Buffalo Sculpin 19
Enophrys bison
Red Irish Lord 20
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
copper rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
Lingcod 21
Ophiodon elongatus
Tidepool Snailfish 22
Liparis florae
Chum Salmon 23
Oncorhynchus keta
Coho Salmon 24
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Starry Flounder 25
Platichthys stellatus
Three-spined Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Surf Smelt 26
Hypomesus pretiosus
Plainfin Midshipman 27
Porichthys notatus
Northern Clingfish 28
Gobiesox maeandricus
Spotted Ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei

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