need help identifying 2 fish please......

[sharkguy]

a friend was out in the gulf catching shrimp for his baitshop and caught these 2 fishies in his nets, the red one (possibly a small snapper?) appears to be pregnant and is in the 55 gallon the other is in a 1000 gallon pool and looks like a freshwater pleco and a butterfly combined even has 6 legs it walks with and his face is sorta like an alligator but noone ive talked to have ever seen them before can anyone help?

 

[MonoSebaelover]

The first is probably some type of Flying Jet Gurnard (Diplogrammus sp) and the 2nd is a Barred Serrano Basslet (common in the Caribbean) (Serranus psittacinus). Hope this helps and good luck with both!

 

[Dangerdoll]

firt one looks like a sea robin to me... I can't tell too much from the pic but notice it's got the feeler type things before it's fan fins... I did a search, I found that they go by:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Prionotus
species: evolans

 

[sharkguy]

i too did an image search on what u guys suggested and i see nothing alike

 

[MonoSebaelover]

On which? I can 100% guarentee you the second is a Barred Serrano Basslet. I worked at a fish store for years and did all the orders, and everytime we got Barred Serrano's in, that is what we got. It is probably not pregnant, they are just a chunky build. Others might have more color but those are probably adult or male. The first one is hard, you might want to send a pic to Bob Fenner at WetWebMedia and see if he can id. It might be some kind of flathead or something, not sure. Anyway hope this helps and good luck!

 

[Dangerdoll]

i too did an image search on what u guys suggested and i see nothing alike

try "Sea Robin"

 

[sharkguy]

i did but all of them i seen have odd shaped bodys this one is real smooth like a freshwater pleco i bene searching for 3 days now lol

 

[Cartman102]

Hmm. Looks like a sea robin. I'm 85% sure.

 

[sharkguy]

is there a different species of sea robin that have the smoother bodies?

 

[Dangerdoll]

I think there are several different specias that vary from cold waters to tropical waters.