charlie
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lumpsuckerspotted this beauty at St Abbs today (apologies for poor photo quality but it was swaying about in the middle of a mass of kelp  ):
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prydain55
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Oooh, very pretty. Nice find.
Max
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Shug
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Good find Chuck. Never seen one of those in real life.
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joe
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What is it????
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gus
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good stuff, i also have not seen a lumpsucker in the flesh before.
joe, its a lumpsucker, as the title of the post indicates, have a look in a book if you are confused.
cheers
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charlie
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thanks for the feedback guys: the colours were absolutely amazing: very vibrant purple eyes. It looked like a tropical species.
| joe wrote: | | What is it???? |
Cyclopterus lumpus
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joe
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Yes well looked it up on the interweb. Seems this critter must be a male and more than likely protecting the eggs in the kelp. Very interesting.
Good find chuck
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