Tobacco Bass?

[crabbejoe]

Does this look like a tobacco bass to you? I'm thinking that's what it is, but I'd like another opinion. It was just marked as a "basslet". It's about 3 inches or so and spends most of it's time around the top of the tank. Eats like a pig.

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[RCS]

Yup.

 

[crabbejoe]

Exxxxcellent. Thanks!

How about this guy? Possibly a lantern bass? Also about 3 inches, but he's always on the bottom of the tank. Reminds me a lot of a hawkfish, but I don't think that's what it is.

 

[Limpit]

Yes that one is a Lantern Bass (Serranus baldwini)

 

[Bri Guy]

Are those yours? Nice finds, those are neat fish, something other than the norm.

 

[crabbejoe]

Yep, those are my 2 newest. I got them from animal adventure in appleton before they closed down. I almost got a huge piece of live rock for free because the lantern bass wouldn't come out. The guy actually had the whole rock out of the water and the fish still wouldn't budge. But as he was trying to fit the rock in a baggie, the fish finally decided to make a swim for it.
I like them both.
Thanks guys for your help with the IDs!