OP
Here is another picture with eyes in the eggs. This pic was taken last January in Port Hardy B.C.
Who's eye is this? number 2
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OP
Here is a picture of the whole fish... also taken in Port Hardy.
gangrel441
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Didn't realize scorpionfish have eyes like that...what species?
getwet2
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Hey that was fun can we play again?
OP
Looks kinda like a scorpion fish, doesn't it! They are related. But it is a Red Irish Lord. Supposedly harmless and good eating though I would never take one. They have low resiliency according to the Fishbase summary with a minimum population doubling time more than 14 years!
(Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)
(Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)
A fish eye view 
gangrel441
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Uncle Pug:
I'm not quite the expert on the subject that I would like to be, but I would say those pectorals and the shape of that mouth may be a giveaway that they are related...never seen one, though. Where do you find them?
OP
The Red Irish Lords are very docile and will allow you to approach very close to take pictures... even when guarding eggs!
They supposedly range from Kamchatka, Russia, to Monterey Bay, California.
They are in the same order as scorpoin fish.
We see them right here in Puget Sound Washington regularly.
They supposedly range from Kamchatka, Russia, to Monterey Bay, California.
They are in the same order as scorpoin fish.
We see them right here in Puget Sound Washington regularly.
H2Andy
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is it a water buffalo's eye?
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