Still having trouble differentiating among squirrelfish
Posted June 23rd, 2011 by MartinDick
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I am still having trouble differentiating among squirrelfish. Is this a lonspine squirrelfish? What are the distinguishing characteristics?
June 12, 2011, Molasses Reef, buoy M-21, Key Largo, Florida, 28-feet deep, bottom temperature about 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
Thank You,
Marty
Longspine Squirrelfish
Yes, that's a Longspine Squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus. The white outer edge of the dorsal fin is a good characteristic. The Squirrelfish, H. adscensionis, usually has more silver on its body and has a yellowish dorsalfin.
Louis
Thank you.
I don't know how the picture ended up upside down; it is not how I uploaded it.
Thank you for the ID and the explanation. I will catch on ... eventually.
Marty