Puget Sound

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Puget Sound Fish Identification
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Dorsal Fin
Caudal Fin
Anal Fin
Pectoral Fin
Pelvic Fin
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Spines?
Lateral Line
Opercle
Caudal Peduncle
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spotted ratfish
long nose skate
spiny dogfish
big skate
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great sculpin
staghorn sculpin
spinyhead sculpin
buffalo sculpin
roughback sculpin
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cabezon
sailfin sculpin
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plainfin midshipman
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sturgeon poacher
blackbelly eelpout
Pacific herring
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walleye pollock
pacific tomcod
pacific hake
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shiner perch
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striped perch
pile perch
shiner perch
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brown rockfish
quillback rockfish
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flatfish, flatfish and more flatfish
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Right facing
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Small elongation
Blotches
Right facing
Right facing
FLATHEAD SOLE Lateral line nearly straight,
anterior branch runs almost to rear edge of upper
eye Medium to large mouth Large eyes with
narrow ridge 1 2 rows of scales between them
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Right facing
Right facing
STARRY FLOUNDER Tricky can also be Left
facing Stripes on fins are very distinct
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Left facing
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Left facing