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Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus): The Shell-Crusher of Cold Reefs
Meet the Atlantic wolffish — a fanged, antifreeze-blooded reef fish that crushes sea urchins and has declined badly from trawl bycatch.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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Big Skate (Beringraja binoculata): Species Profile
The big skate is the Pacific's largest skate — a 2.4-metre flatfish-eyed predator of the kelp-edge sands, famous for giant mermaid's-purse egg cases with twins inside.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus): The Little Cleaner With a Suction Disc
The lumpfish is a lumpy, suction-bellied cold-water fish that farms raise by the million to eat sea lice off salmon — and its roe fishery is older than you think.
Naomi Reyes ·
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Rubberlip Seaperch: The Big-Lipped Browser of Kelp and Surf Zones
Rubberlip seaperch (Rhacochilus toxotes) species profile: the largest surfperch, with fleshy lips for picking invertebrates off rocks at the kelp forest edge.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei): The Kelp Coast's Ghostly Chimaera
The spotted ratfish is a deep-bodied chimaera with green eyes, a venomous spine and a forehead clamp — a living fossil that haunts Pacific kelp waters by night.
Tom Okafor ·
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus): Species Profile
The lingcod is not a cod at all — a big-headed, voracious ambush predator of Pacific kelp reefs, famous for blue-green flesh and fiercely guarded nests.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus): Species Profile
The wolf eel is not an eel and nothing to fear — a devoted, den-dwelling wolffish that crushes sea urchins for a living and guards its eggs for months.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Plainfin Midshipman: The Fish That Sings All Night Under the Kelp Coast
Porichthys notatus hums for hours to woo mates, glows with borrowed light and survives hours out of water. Meet the kelp coast's oddest neighbour.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·