Please ID this Bonaire resident
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The eyeball blinked the first day when I found it. On the second day, it moved position sending up a sand cloud while I was watching it. A comparison of my first and second day pictures indicated that it moved further under the coral shelf and rotated to the right between days. I suspect it is some fish species. One person said in jest that it was an irradiated (glows in the dark) scorpion fish anothe person thought it was a frogfish.
It looks like a frogfish to me. I can identify the eye, mouth, and pectoral fin in your photo. The reddish orange mass looks like red algae. Not sure if it's real or an adaptation of the fish's natural camouflage. What was its size?
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Thanks for the input.
I would estimate that the "head" was 1 to 2 inches across from when it was facing more out of the hole. We never saw anything more than the head and part of the body sticking out from the coral shelf.
I think I am going to get an aquapod so I can get a better angle to photo something in a hole next time. As it was, I had to remove the camera from the tray to get that shot.
I would estimate that the "head" was 1 to 2 inches across from when it was facing more out of the hole. We never saw anything more than the head and part of the body sticking out from the coral shelf.
I think I am going to get an aquapod so I can get a better angle to photo something in a hole next time. As it was, I had to remove the camera from the tray to get that shot.
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