grunt sculpin!

We're happy to debut our new Vimeo page on the 4th day of fishmas with one of my favorite fish:
The Grunt Sculpin!

The Grunt Sculpin from Andrew Murgatroyd on Vimeo.

This little dude is not only super cute he has some amazing adaptations to life on the ocean floor. For one, the Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) uses his pectoral fins like legs to scoot across the ocean floor! If you didn't notice, he doesn't really look all that much like a fish at all. When threatened he can dive headfirst into an abandoned giant acorn barnacle shell and wave his tail to resemble a feeding barnacle. Sneaky Sneaky!