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    Some kind of toadfish?

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    A new diver at the Blue Heron Bridge recently photographed this thing and posted it in the bridge thread. Looks more like a toadfish, to me, than a scorpionfish or barbfish. Anybody know what it is?

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    it is a scorpionfish, i think it might be a melanistic spotted scorpionfish

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    Maybe it's a juvenile Batfish?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sully3 View Post
    it is a scorpionfish, i think it might be a melanistic spotted scorpionfish
    A Google Image search convinced me that I'll just have to take yer word for it. :-) Thanks.

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