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Well...if it wasn't spotted and it wasn't pink, it would look like our Soapfish.
Not much help, huh?
Not much help, huh?
Gilligan
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With that mouth I'll bet it is a Hawkfish. I'll have my local marine biologist friend take a look at it and get a positive ID.
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That would be great! Thanks! I was looking thru some of our other pics and I thought it might be a juv. Blackside Hawkfish.....but found a pic of the juv. stage and it's striped....I'm looking forward to what your friend has to say.Gilligan:
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Lisa
Caracanthus maculatus - Known as a gumdrop goby in the aquarium trade. One of the local books refers to it as an orbic velvetfish.
They are quite common in larger cauliflower corals and elkhorns. Apparently they have a poisoness spine somewhere, not sure if it's the cheekspine or a single dorsal spine.
Steve
They are quite common in larger cauliflower corals and elkhorns. Apparently they have a poisoness spine somewhere, not sure if it's the cheekspine or a single dorsal spine.
Steve
friscuba:
Unlikely. The mouth is wrong. Look at these pictures:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=7873
These are Caracanthus maculatus
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