Off Topic ID and general interest pics

[vince-1961]

who knows what this fish is? It's about 8"-10" long.
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BTW, this is at a depth of 60-65 feet.
What you are looking at are New York City sub-way cars that were sunk about a year ago. I'm posting them just as general interest so ya'll can see what grows naturally in a year's time in the waters of the Atlantic bight ... about 23 miles offshore from Brunswick, GA, which is the westernmost spot of the entire east coast of the USA....halfway between Savannah, GA and Jacksonville, FL.
EDIT: (When I wrote the word "su

ay" w/o the hyphen, the system made it a head banging emoticon)

 

[vince-1961]

some type of ricordea maybe?
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this is some brown,l very fuzzy stuff
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I actually wiped away some of the barnacles with my hand before taking this shot.
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[vince-1961]

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As you can see, visibility was poor, maybe 15-20 feet.
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an orange sponge
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an ordinary brown cucumber
(without flash from camera)
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[outsdr2]

Hi Interesting shots! The fish seems to be in the batfish family. thanks for sharing.

 

[olemiss]

Looks like a juvenile spotted drum.

 

[ophiura]

I believe it is a juvenile spotted drum, Equetus punctatus

 

[vince-1961]

The black fish at the bottom of the first picture is a black sea bass. Very common. Good eats, too. Catch them all the time.
I was asking about the one with the stripe and the tall mast.
I chased him trying to get a good photograph of him, but this is all I got.

 

[olemiss]

The one with the tall mast is the juvi. spotted drum.

 

[t316]

Nice pics. Got any from a little further back showing more of the structure/cars?

 

[vince-1961]

good call on the fish. Unlike every other fish with the word "drum" in it's name that I've ever seen! Judging from the images that came up when googling "juvenile spotted drum", looks like this guy is alweays running away from the camera!
Visibility was poor, but here's the other shot of the su

ay car.
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[scrombus2]

The fish in the photos is a Jackknife fish, Equetus Lanceolatus. not to be confused with a High Hat, Equetus Acuminatus. Both are members of the drum family. I had several of both species in a FOWLR and found them to be very territorial and quarrelsome with each other and their tankmates. Even worse than Damsels.