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Field Notes

Description:

A friend caught this in gulf Shores AL.

Habitat:

Ocean

Species ID Suggestions

Planehead Filefish

Stephanolepis hispidus

Reference Link
Mark Ridgway
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Comments (5)
Mark Ridgway
I agree with CV. We call these leatherjackets here. Monacanthidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filefish
BrianaReichart
It was found in salt water a friend found it on vacation and I really liked how the fish looked..ill ask here were she was
Jellis
Could you change your location to match close to where you found it?
Jellis
Was this found in fresh or salt water? Do you have a picture of the whole fish?
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2013

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