unknown fish caught in the grass flats

[marineaquariums]

anyone know what kind of fish this is, i caugh it in the grass flats near the skyway, i think it is more of a rock fish not a grass flats fish, he is only maybe 1/4 inch, have hime with a clown trigger and he holds his own very aggresive tough fish and can eat 5 to 8 pieces of brine shrimp no problem

anyone else catch bay fish for there tanks
regards
Bill

 

[pmike25]

Can you get a pic of the side of the fish?? More of a side profile.

 

[ichthyman]

Ditto what Mike said. Possibly a snapper or maybe an ultra rare Lagodon rhomboides.

 

[marineaquariums]

ill try again in the morning he is a fast little devil

 

[Billybeau1]

Funny you said devil. Looks like a damsel to me.

 

[jiggy]

yep.. head looks like a damsel.

 

[mattliu]

mangrove snapper, good eye ichthy.

 

[pmike25]

It does look like a mangrove!!! Those things are good to eat!!!! Of course when he is regulation size

 

[Billybeau1]

I guess you gotta live in Florida :lol:

 

[pmike25]

YES there mmm mmmm good!!!

 

[Billybeau1]

Love Red Snapper.

 

[mattliu]

yeah the nice thing about mangrove's is that they only have to be 10". at that size they still have that sweet young meat. red snapper is also great, publix has been run sales on it like mad. go gators!

 

[marineaquariums]

i just think that may be it,, here is a description thanks for your help
http://marinefisheries.org/FishID/snapgray.html

 

[LauraCline]

he's kinda bada** looking with those teeth in front, very cool.

 

[pmike25]

Ohh yeah they can tare ya a new ....well ya know whay if ya let them!!!!!! But there kinda small, Ive seen some pretty large...

 

[marineaquariums]

well day 2 that i had him he was dam near jumping out of the water for food smart and mean

 

[HotReeferSRT4]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8161616#post8161616 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattliu
go gators!

boo gators. Tennessee played crappy at the end. So did the Noles. Haha. The Noles will get the Gators in November though.

 

[ladyfsu]

I have a mangrove snapper in a tank at school. I can't tell by that pic for sure, but how you are describing his attitude/behavior, he's acting just like mine. He's actually quite social.

The kids bring in feeder fish sometimes and he's fun to watch. The first time we gave him one he stuffed it in his mouth (the feeder fish was big) and after 5 minutes only the tail was still hanging out. Well...there is also a pinfish and a grunt in the tank...the students said it wasn't fair the other fish didn't get a chance so we dropped in another feeder. The snapper grabbed THAT one too!! So, at this point he had a tail out of his mouth, and half of another fish hanging out of his mouth...SO...we tried ONE more?!! That freaking pig bully snapper got THAT one in his mouth TOO!! I was sure we were going to kill him! He was swimming around with 3 fish hanging out of his mouth...I gave up.

...but I love that Snapper (even better with lemon and garlic )



...and I can't even comment on the gator and noles posts above. I'm still in denial. I'm calling in sick for the week if the Bucs play like they did last week...too much sorrow this weekend!

 

[LauraCline]

Very cool, I hope we get to see some more pics when he gets bigger. I like seeing livestock in tanks besides what the LFS usually carries.

 

[ryan115]

it is definatly a lutjanid. and from the looks of it, it is probably a Lut. griseus like Ichthy said, but good find, they really are a cool looking fish at that size.