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Gulf of Maine

Mudskipper – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Mudskipper
Mudskipper Confirmed in the catalog @12717
Jun 14 – Sep 16, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Eel Summer

Caught lounging over the good shelf, calf's flukes visible on file too.

44 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
94
Deepest dive on record
44 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 202646 m17.9°C41 m
Sep 10, 202646 m19.8°C38 m
Sep 12, 202640 m19.0°C26 m
Sep 16, 202648 m—44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 14, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 14Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 16, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 16

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

44 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
62
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
94
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255044 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (48 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 16, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 48 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C – 19.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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