Fishheads.. What is this??

[VICIII]

Ok What is This?

http://irafr.com/albums/Inshore-Fish%21/UnknownFish2.sized.jpg

http://irafr.com/albums/Inshore-Fish%21/UnknownFish.sized.jpg

[Smashed]

That's a new one on me, though it kinda looks like the kelp bass that I caught when I visited my sister's family in California...

[Fishman]

It almost looks like a Sea Robin.

[Lafayette_River]

when I visited my sister's family in California...
wouldn't that be your familly:rolleyes:

[chris storrs]

looks like part searobin...part grouper...part oyster toad

[rattler]

stargazer?...

[cocoflea]

It does look like a sea robin where was it caught?

[Cluck]

Looks like a stargazer to me.

[Ryan Y]

I dont believe it is a stargazer or a sea robin. Both fish look entirely different then that.
I might say it was some sort of grouper. However, it appears that all of its fins are a little bigger than what I would expect from any grouper that small.

Hmmmmmm

[RuddeDogg]

It looks like a grouper also.

[shaggy]

wouldn't that be your familly:rolleyes:

You just had me and the Mrs. laughing our a$$es off!

Have Jeep will travel :D

[barty b]

Juvinile yellowfin grouper would be my guess

[GCsurfishingirl]

I caught something that looked like that while deep sea fishing. They said it was a flying something - don't remember the full name!

[david123]

Possibly a Yellowmouth Grouper. Deswcription from McLane's Guide to Saltwater Fishes of N. America Follows;

-Fairly Common to Southern Fla and Tropical Atlantic Ocean
-Usually less than 20 inches in size
-11 Dorsal Spines
-16-17 Dorsal Rays, usually 17
-11 Anal Rays
-usually 16 Pectoral Rays
-Color uniform dark brown or with light lines forming reticulations enclosing small dark spots.

Profile photo would be helpful in ID

[bluerunner]

i'll post on another site and see what they think

[Fishman]

I dont believe that fis is antwhere near the grouper family.

[Smashed]

The mouth is way to small to be a grouper. Are we sure this is even a saltwater fish? The closest thing I've seen to it is a sculpin, (http://www.thejump.net/id/mottled-sculpin.htm) but the body on that thing is too big to be a sculpin. It's like it has the head of a toadfish, but with no teeth, and the body of a sea bass...

[sand flea]

Absolutely not a stargazer. The head is all wrong (plus the guy holding it didn't get tasered).

I think the thing that is throwing everyone off is the pectoral fins. Take those off and it looks like a baby grouper.

[SevernaParkFishH]

Not a stargazer, that is certain.

[bluerunner]

the experts say its a bigmouth sleeper

[VICIII]

yep
BigMouth Sleeper...
Good Call

[david123]

profile of the sleeperhttp://www.uaex.edu/wneal/images/Bigmouth%20Sleeper%202.jpg