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Title: Grunt Sculpin In Barnacle Shell. Canada
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A grunt sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) looks out from its home in an empty barnacle shell. This unusual looking fish is evolved to resemble the giant acorn barnacle, when sheltering in a disused shell like this. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Fishes
- grunt
- grunt sculpin: Rhamphocottus richardsonii
- macro
- Marine Life
- Port Hardy
- Sculpins: Cottidae
- temperate
- Vancouver Island
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