What is this small shoreline fish found in surf of MA beaches?
August 25, 2015 6:36 AM   Subscribe

Purchase of a cheap mask & snorkel has shown me that the surf zone of east coast beaches is an ecosystem chick full of crabs & fish & more- totally amazing! Within 2 feet of shore (in surf, not in tide pools) we recently found tiny puffer fish, pipefish & one mystery fish - what is this fish? pic 1 pic 2 (Found all over beaches of Martha's Vineyard. It's about 3 inches long, has wing-like fins that it uses to scoot along the sandy bottom. Some were all light brown, some had a lot more white. Pics look weird as the fish is inside an old 2 liter soda bottle.)
posted by chr1sb0y to Science & Nature (4 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Response by poster: err... that would be "chock full"
posted by chr1sb0y at 6:42 AM on August 25, 2015


Best answer: my guess is the Northern Sea Robin
Fishermen don't like them bc they are bait thieves.
posted by rmless at 6:51 AM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]


A sculpin?
posted by fiercekitten at 7:20 AM on August 25, 2015


Best answer: That looks like a sea robin indeed. Nasty when they get full grown and take your bait when fishing for scup. They are hard to get off the hook, make weird grunting noises, and are not good eating.
posted by vrakatar at 10:03 AM on August 25, 2015


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