Observations by sempleimages

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. This Sea Raven was photographed in 53 foot depth on the Arrow wreck off Cerebus Rock, West Arichat, Cape Breton, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. This Sea Raven was photographed in 76 foot depth on the Saguenay wreck off Lunenburg, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. This pair of Sea Ravens were photographed in 32 foot depth at Paddy's Head, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 28 foot depth at Paddy's Head, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 22 foot depth at Paddy's Head, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 16 foot depth at Paddy's Head, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 26 foot depth Fox Point Beach, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 72 foot depth near Broad Breaker, NS.

Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is a unique sculpin which has fleshy tabs on its chin that looks like seaweed. It can come in a variety of colours but mostly brown. It is one of our North Atlantic's colourful fish, especially when one sees a red or yellow one! They can grow up to 25 inches and 7 pounds. They eat invertebrates, crustaceans, sea urchins, worms & even fish. Sea Raven photographed in 70 foot depth near Broad Breaker, NS.

Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) is a Mollusc bivalve and live in the North Atlantic on sand, gravel or rock. Its adductor muscle is very tasty and the scallop is commercially harvested for it. This young scallop was found in 25 foot depth off McNabs Island in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia.

Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) is a common fish, (species of Wrasse) found around our shores from Newfoundland down to Chesapeake Bay, USA. Sometimes called Bergall, Chogset & as I used to call them: Sea Perch. They can be mixtures brown, yellowish, green and sometimes grey in colour. They grow up to 10 inches (25cm) long.

Longfin Inshore Squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) is a common squid found in the North Atlantic. It makes seasonal migrations according to temperatures variances. They live about a year and lay their eggs in gelatinous capsules containing about 200 eggs. These squid laid their eggs on rocky boulders in 20 feet off Fox Point Beach, Nova Scotia.

American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a crustacean which is found on the Atlantic coast from Labrador to North Carolina. It can grow up to 44 lbs (20 kg). They have 2 large claws, usually a pincher claw & the other a crusher claw. It eats mollusks, echinoderms & polychaetes but are opportunists & eat fish or various other animals that it can catch easily.

Second observation 9 days later. The school of 28 was now reduced to 13 fish. Banded Rudderfish (Seriola zonata), is the second-smallest amberjack. This jack can be distinguished from the pilot fish by the presence of a first dorsal fin. Juveniles are banded vertically like pilotfish, and follow large objects or animals. Large individuals (over 10 inches) have no bands & look like the Lesser Amberjack.

Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonata), is the second-smallest amberjack. This jack can be distinguished from the pilot fish by the presence of a first dorsal fin. Juveniles are banded vertically like pilotfish, and follow large objects or animals. Large individuals (over 10 inches) have no bands. This fish, though commonly caught, is rarely identified. Large ones, with a raccoon-stripe on the eye and an iridescent gold stripe on the side, are usually called amberjacks when caught, and juveniles are called pilotfish. They are found as far north as Nova Scotia. They are less dependent on sharks, etc., than pilotfish. They can be caught on shrimp, silversides, lures (e.g. spoons), and flies.