A Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) that was photographed while scuba diving in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Spotted Ratfish is a relatively shallow dwelling chimaera that is found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to northern Mexico. Their vertical range (depth) is approximately 0 to 3000 feet or 1000 meters. Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes like sharks and rays. They are also refered to as ghost sharks.
Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger), which are distrbuted along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California, are named for their long and venomous dorsal fin spines.
Blackeye Goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii) resting on coraline algae encrusted bottom.
