Need help with a fish from Blue Heron Bridge (Florida)

[vondo]

Taken under the access to the bridge, so 15' of water perhaps.



Thank you!

 

[djtimmy77]

Rosy Razorfish?

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

yeah, probably a rosy, though I've had some discussions with fish geeks have learned that fish at BHB sometimes look different that the REEF ID books. It can make ID a challenge. Cause this could also be a pearly. And it being a juvi makes it even more difficult..

 

[vondo]

yeah, probably a rosy, though I've had some discussions with fish geeks have learned that fish at BHB sometimes look different that the REEF ID books. It can make ID a challenge. Cause this could also be a pearly. And it being a juvi makes it even more difficult..

Thanks, yeah the stripe looks more or less like the REEF book, but I'd have to squint really hard to make out the dark gill patch (going by memory here since I don't have the book in front of me). I will take a closer look and decide between the two. Unless someone can give me a definitive answer.

 

[Full Circle]

This is a juvenile Pearly razorfish, Xyrichtys novacula.

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