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Striped Parrotfish (Scarus iseri)Observer
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Observed in large school of males and females, mobbing Stegastes territories and eating algae/sponges.
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Barred Hamlet (Hypoplectrus puella)Observer
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~4cm long
flat snout, large eyes, distinctive dark bar pattern along body
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Threespot Damselfish (Stegastes planifrons)Observer
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~1.5 cm long
juvenile form
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Dusky Damselfish (Stegastes adustus)Observer
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~2cm
Blue circle around finspot, in transition from juvenile form to adult
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Great Sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)Observer
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Subtidal mudflat/eelgrass bed
10 ft
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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observer
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Subtidal mudflat/eelgrass bed
10ft
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Six-rayed Star (Leptasterias hexactis)Observer
jsl333Description
Subtidal mudflat/eelgrass bed
~10 ft
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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Intertidal
45 minute observation
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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Intertidal
45 minute observation
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Black Leather Chiton (Katharina tunicata)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Intertidal
1.5 hours of observation
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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Intertidal
1.5 hours of observation
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Northern Clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus)Observer
jsl333Description
On the underside of rocks in the rocky intertidal
1.5 hours of observation
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Six-rayed Star (Leptasterias hexactis)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Intertidal
30 minutes of observation
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Tidepool Sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Shoreline, busy harbor
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High Cockscomb (Anoplarchus purpurescens)Observer
jsl333Description
Rocky Shoreline, under rocks, in sediment
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Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)Observer
jsl333Description
Eelgrass Bed
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Pacific Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)Observer
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Rocky Subtidal
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Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina)Observer
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Seen at Lab 11 Beach
Eelgrass bed
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Clown Dorid (Triopha catalinae)Observer
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Seen at Lab 11 Beach
Rocky subtidal
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
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Cattle point
Rocky shoreline