Species of Pacific Fish I caught?
I recently caught this little guy (let him go, didn't weigh him, about a foot long) off the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia (Pacific Northwest). Any idea what species of fish he is?
Sorry for the shotty photo.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/aagoalguy/WestCoastTrail216.jpg
EDIT: I should mention that he was not vertically fat, like a flounder. More like this: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Salmonidae/atlantic_salmon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Salmonidae/atlantic_salmon.html&usg=__aJ_inkWu6PC8v4g-D36Q8mjSx1Q=&h=392&w=1000&sz=256&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=rtYqEHrG6TsWOM:&tbnh=58&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsalmon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG (but obviously not an Atlantic Salmon, just a shape comparison)
Also, it was off of rocks on the beach near a kelp bed.
I am not 100% certain due to the angle of the picture. But it looked very much like a kelp greenling to me.
On second tought... It is a kelp greenling.
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