Grunion The Gulf grunion, with its smaller eggs, is unique in that it spawn during both night- and daytime. Although some other fish species leave their eggs in locations that dry out (a few, such as plainfin midshipman, may even remain on land with the eggs during low tide) or on plants above the water (splash tetras), jumping onto land "en masse" to spawn is unique to the grunion, capelin and grass puffer. Grunion feeding habits are not well known. They have no teeth and feed on very small organisms such as plankton. In a laboratory setting, grunion eat live brine
USS Grunion 1942. Captured Japanese records show no antisubmarine attacks in the Kiska area, and the fate of "Grunion" remained a mystery for 65 years, until the discovery in the Bering Sea in August 2007 of a wreck believed to be her. In October 2008, the U.S. Navy verified that the wreck is the "Grunion". The "Grunion" received one battle star for her World War II service. In 1998 Lieut. Col. Richard Lane purchased for $1 a wiring diagram from a Japanese cargo ship, the "Kano Maru", which had been active during World War II. Hoping to authenticate the document, Lane posted