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High Cockscomb

Anoplarchus purpurescens

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) flower_eater, no rights reserved (CC0)

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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.

United States	1,783
Canada	1,427
British Columbia	1,197
Washington	748
California	497
Alaska	219
Oregon	71

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Ray-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
Order	Perches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
Family	Pricklebacks · Stichaeidae
Genus	Anoplarchus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

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Practise High Cockscomb with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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