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Absolutely riddled with parasites

Possibly eggs

Caught while catching sea worms

Caught while catching sea worms

These two were hiding in an empty Lewis's Moon Snail shell while waiting for the tide to come in.

Eggs.

Herring eggs? There was a carpet of this on the beach, but surprisingly the nearby gulls were not that interested

Eggs caught in trawl net, blood vessels and eyes visibly moving

fish egg in zooplankton tow.

Some sort of eggs at a night time low tide. Doing a little searching I thought maybe Sculpin, but I’m not sure!

Night dive at Elliott Beach

Fish larvae.

Possibly eggs attached to plant?

carrying around some guts

Any idea what causes this?

Observed while nightlighting and then brought into lab for better photos

With a deformed mouth

Unidentifiable eggs from a forage fish survey. Fish? Or invertebrates?

Guessing. In sand. ~ 3cm long and perfectly transparent. High tide.

Lots of tiny transparent baby fishes around

Whose eggs are these?

This 2" eel-like fish is transparent, so you can see its bones! I noticed it on a rock during the minus tide, and had never seen one before.

Found on the beach. Plant or eggs?

Found this cluster of eggs by the water's edge at the beach just north of heart's desire, tomales bay. What kind of sea creatures do these eggs belong to?

Only an inch long

Tiny baby fish.