What is this fish?

[CW2008]

OK, I know the photo is not very clear, but this is not really about photography, its about biology - or pisciology, or what is this fishology. Can anyone tell from this photo what this small fish is. Looks like some type of yellow blenny. I have never seen a yellow one before - but there is a lot that I have not seen. We saw this on the Twin Tugs off PCB this past weekend diving with Panama City Dive Charters.

 

[SeaYoda]

It looks like a young seaweed blenny. They go through color changes as they mature.

Did it look like this one?

 

[Dave C]

Agree with SeaYoda. I can't tell for sure from your fuzzy photo, but it is most likely a seaweed blenny, Parablennius marmoreus, in the less common yellow phase. Seaweed blennies are very common off the FL Pandhandle.

 

[CW2008]

That looks like the fish we saw. Thanks for the help.

 

[Puffer Fish]

It looks like a young seaweed blenny. They go through color changes as they mature.

Did it look like this one?

Absolutely stunning image.. great work. I so hate that you are better at that (shallow water) images...arggggg.

I did see another small, yellowish fish this weekend, did not get as nice of an image as you did, but did at least captured it. It has no head antlers????... well, not sure what you call that stuff on it's head.

 

[CW2008]

The sad thing for me is that my near eyesight is worse than the focus of my photo. I've got to get lenses for my mask.

 

[idocsteve]

I'm going with a baby green moray eel.

 

[Puffer Fish]

The sad thing for me is that my near eyesight is worse than the focus of my photo. I've got to get lenses for my mask.

There are a couple of very nice masks that you can get premade lens for... I put a full correction in my left eye (my dominant eye) and a close focus one in my other. I look at the camera with my right eye...used to buy really expensive custom lens.. I like these better.

 

[CW2008]

Thanks for the info. This past weekend made me realize that it's time to do something about my eyesight when diving. I've had reading glasses for a couple of years when above water, but had not really felt I was missing much under water until these last dives.

 

[idocsteve]

Thanks for the info. This past weekend made me realize that it's time to do something about my eyesight when diving. I've had reading glasses for a couple of years when above water, but had not really felt I was missing much under water until these last dives.

Most people who haven't had their eyes checked in a while don't realize what they're missing even above water. Until they're given a view of the eye chart with an updated spectacle Rx and then they get that "wow" response.