Posted by: Joey | July 2, 2009

Horn Pout

Mark Ring brought this unusual fish in yesterday.  The diamond pattern markings going in all different directions on it’s head are pretty neat.  You don’t normally see sharp straight lines as markings on fish.  Its almost prehistoric looking.

Horn Pout, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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  1. aSea Robin……cool!!!!!
    great spines on his operculum!
    live? dead?
    (never heard one being called a horn pout-thought that was a dance on a boat)

    By: rob on July 2, 2009
    at 8:20 am

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    • it was live. i took pictures of it and tossed him back. maybe i misnamed him.

      By: Joey on July 2, 2009
      at 8:53 am

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  2. I have seen these diving. He looks small, and not as leafy looking as a sea raven, I think he is a sculpin.

    By: Anonymous on July 2, 2009
    at 9:19 am

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  3. It’s a Longhorn Sculpin! A Horned Pout is a freshwater fish in the catfish family.

    By: Jay Albert on July 2, 2009
    at 9:51 am

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    • We used to catch horn pouts at the sportsman’s club pond when I was a kid!

      By: Anonymous on July 2, 2009
      at 12:03 pm

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  4. Species: Bellator gymnostethus
    Family: Triglidae (Searobins)
    It’s a sculip.
    A horn Pout is what we call catfish.
    Great Photos, now how about a Monkfish, we caught those off the breakwater

    By: Lumpers Kid on July 2, 2009
    at 9:53 pm

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