This one is tiny.. really, really small.. not sure if it is a baby or and adult.. less than 1/2 inch long..
Off Destin in 55 ft of water:
Off Destin in 55 ft of water:
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It looks like a juvenile Freckled Soapfish Rypticus bistripinus
I was trying to find some pictures today, I still have a few more places to look. The body and fin shape looks like a soapfish and the adult can be nearly bicolored. I will continue to try and find a pic though.
A couple of the little soapfishes have these brightly-colored juveniles- Rypticus subbifrenatus and R. bistrispinus. they get spotted as they get bigger.
ben
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Your adult soapfish: Whitespotted - Rypticus maculatus
Other tropical Atlantic/Caribbean soapfish are:
Greater - R. saponaceus
Freckled - R. bistrispinus
Spotted - R. subbifrenatus
Largespotted - R. macrostigmus