In both species, there was a lower limit in the size of fish
that could consume water-hardened eggs (Fig. 4). These small
fish repeatedly attempted to eat eggs, but were unable to get
them into their mouths. In slimy sculpins, this lower size limit
was about 50 mm TL whereas for coastrange sculpins the
lower limit was about 55 mm. In contrast, all five coastrange
sculpins tested that were