Fish ID
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meowzer
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Originally Posted by outsdr2
http:///forum/post/3090564
no guesses?
A brown and white fish with fins
http:///forum/post/3090564
no guesses?
A brown and white fish with fins
small triggers
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looks like a type of rockfish??? I can only guess?? BUT does it taste good?
coral keeper
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Did you buy it or catch it yourself?
ophiura
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I believe it is a juvenile hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus:
http://www.fishbase.org/photos/thumb...ry.php?ID=1071
See the "early life history" pics.
They get HUGE. The adults have the dark mark along the head. The juvenile looks very much like what you have posted. The first three elongated dorsal spines are significant.
http://www.fishbase.org/photos/thumb...ry.php?ID=1071
See the "early life history" pics.
They get HUGE. The adults have the dark mark along the head. The juvenile looks very much like what you have posted. The first three elongated dorsal spines are significant.
aquaknight
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Indeed, commonnamed Rooster Hogfish. This is "THEE" hogfish, because of which all other hogfish are named as such. You are going to have quite the fish on your hands
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outsdr2
Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3090758
Indeed, commonnamed Rooster Hogfish. This is "THEE" hogfish, because of which all other hogfish are named as such. You are going to have quite the fish on your hands
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please elaborate! I would like all the info I can get. The fish came in with a load of shrimp at the local bait shop.
http:///forum/post/3090758
Indeed, commonnamed Rooster Hogfish. This is "THEE" hogfish, because of which all other hogfish are named as such. You are going to have quite the fish on your hands
outsdr2
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Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3091024
You may wish to look up the species I mentioned above on Fishbase. It will give you size estimates (basically, IMO, not for any home aquarium).
Thank you Susan your link was most helpful. I have him in my 350 fowlr and he seems to be happy. do you think he will be fine in there?
http:///forum/post/3091024
You may wish to look up the species I mentioned above on Fishbase. It will give you size estimates (basically, IMO, not for any home aquarium).
Thank you Susan your link was most helpful. I have him in my 350 fowlr and he seems to be happy. do you think he will be fine in there?
aquaknight
Active Member
Originally Posted by outsdr2
http:///forum/post/3090834
please elaborate! I would like all the info I can get. The fish came in with a load of shrimp at the local bait shop.
Take a look at the adults. They're similar face to a swine hog, gives them their name (hogfish). Rooster Hogfish are the only members of the hogfish family that aren't in the Bodianus genus (Cuban, Spanish, Two-Spot, etc). This is the hogfish all of us go spe@r fishing for in the Atlantic, and more popular in the food trade, then the aquarium trade.
http:///forum/post/3090834
Take a look at the adults. They're similar face to a swine hog, gives them their name (hogfish). Rooster Hogfish are the only members of the hogfish family that aren't in the Bodianus genus (Cuban, Spanish, Two-Spot, etc). This is the hogfish all of us go spe@r fishing for in the Atlantic, and more popular in the food trade, then the aquarium trade.
outsdr2
Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3091389
Take a look at the adults. They're similar face to a swine hog, gives them their name (hogfish). Rooster Hogfish are the only members of the hogfish family that aren't in the Bodianus genus (Cuban, Spanish, Two-Spot, etc). This is the hogfish all of us go spe@r fishing for in the Atlantic, and more popular in the food trade, then the aquarium trade.
Thanks for the info. He was rooting around in the sand today. I have a DSB he is enjoying. He is safe. no dinner table for him. I am surprised at how welcome my tangs and trigger have welcomed him. actually he seems invisble to them. I figure my powder or yellow would give him the normal welcome to the neighborhood pounding. but no. all is good.
http:///forum/post/3091389
Take a look at the adults. They're similar face to a swine hog, gives them their name (hogfish). Rooster Hogfish are the only members of the hogfish family that aren't in the Bodianus genus (Cuban, Spanish, Two-Spot, etc). This is the hogfish all of us go spe@r fishing for in the Atlantic, and more popular in the food trade, then the aquarium trade.
Thanks for the info. He was rooting around in the sand today. I have a DSB he is enjoying. He is safe. no dinner table for him. I am surprised at how welcome my tangs and trigger have welcomed him. actually he seems invisble to them. I figure my powder or yellow would give him the normal welcome to the neighborhood pounding. but no. all is good.
outsdr2
Member
Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3091024
You may wish to look up the species I mentioned above on Fishbase. It will give you size estimates (basically, IMO, not for any home aquarium).
Hi the information on actual size is skewed. some info says 12 inches and another say 3 feet. I think the three dorsal streamers are going to be awesome.
http:///forum/post/3091024
You may wish to look up the species I mentioned above on Fishbase. It will give you size estimates (basically, IMO, not for any home aquarium).
Hi the information on actual size is skewed. some info says 12 inches and another say 3 feet. I think the three dorsal streamers are going to be awesome.