The Sculpin Great Migration 2011

These juvenile sculpins -- probably prickly and/or coastrange sculpins -- are currently on their upstream mugration from their saltwater rearing place to their freshwater adult habitat. Mad River, Humboldt County, California. They are going like this on both sides of the river, all day long. Seems like millions of 'em...

These sculpins are amphidromous. Characteristic elements in amphidromy are: reproduction in fresh water, passage to sea by newly hatched larvae, a period of feeding and growing at sea usually a few months long, return to fresh water of well-grown juveniles, a further period of feeding and growing in fresh water, followed by reproduction there (per Fishbase)

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• aleuticus
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• Mad
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• Humboldt
• amphidromous
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[salmondiver101]

Amazing I never knew that. Your videos always amaze me.

[HumboldtMike]

@salmondiver101 Thanks! Yeah, I didn't know about this until I happened to notice it.  Amazed me too!

[parsonsian]

I know a channel catfish or two who would love to find themselves around there!

[HumboldtMike]

@parsonsian Well, as much as I like catfish ($3.35/hr and all the catfish I could eat at the catfish farm I worked at), I hope the Mad River remains catfish free. Actually, they are in Ruth Lake, but I haven't seen any in the lower river...yet...

[DigitalKnight22]

another awsome vid didnt know mad river was so noisy rofl jk

[HumboldtMike]

@DigitalKnight22 Thanks! Yeah, it's a bit noisy at my job site -- bridge replacement on HWY 101...

[salmondiver101]

@HumboldtMike The natural world is full surprises.

[cybertriobite]

cool