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t-mac

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I recently took this picture on a reef off of Grand Cayman and haven't been able to identify it. It was just sitting on the top of a coral head. Is it a blenny of some sort? Some kind of immature fish? Thanks. Cayman-0038.jpg
 
My first guess is a Blenny. It might be a saddled blenny, Malacoctenus triangulatus. I am not at all confident in the ID.
 
Yes, a lot of blenny-like features, but the snout is odd to me and so is the fluorescent orange. Coloration is similar to a saddled blenny, though. Bizarre looking creature.
 
Don't think it is a blenny. They have a single full length dorsal fin. Its hard to tell for sure, but I think this fish has two.
 
Don't think it is a blenny. They have a single full length dorsal fin. Its hard to tell for sure, but I think this fish has two.

Agree -- I can't tell for sure, but it doesn't look like a single continuous dorsal fin.
 
Looks to me like a Redspotted Hawkfish.
 
Yep, found it in the back of my book under odd shaped swimmers. Didn't think to look there. Nice find t-mac.
 
Yep, found it in the back of my book under odd shaped swimmers. Didn't think to look there. Nice find t-mac.

Thanks. Can't wait to read up on this beast. Never encountered one before.
 
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