I saw this unusual (to me) fish off Maui a week ago while there on vacation. It's got me stumped.
I consulted three fish guidebooks I have for Hawaii, and tried seeing if inaturalist.org's computer algorithm could help me out. Neither was helpful: inaturalist suggested it was a ray-finned fish. Great, along with everything from morays to angelfish.....
Anybody recognize it?
(Apologies for poor image quality. Not my best work, but I think it shows the diagnostic features you'd need to identify it. If you, unlike me, had any idea what it was....)
I consulted three fish guidebooks I have for Hawaii, and tried seeing if inaturalist.org's computer algorithm could help me out. Neither was helpful: inaturalist suggested it was a ray-finned fish. Great, along with everything from morays to angelfish.....
Anybody recognize it?
(Apologies for poor image quality. Not my best work, but I think it shows the diagnostic features you'd need to identify it. If you, unlike me, had any idea what it was....)