Fish ID Roebuck bay.

 Caught this firey looking little guy today while bottom bouncing. Iv seen a few scorpion like looking fish while diving but cant seem to find a good species list to identify them. Apologies for the sideways, not sure how to fix it

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 Pic's not happening for me

Sat, 2015-10-17 20:53

 Pic's not happening for me .. 

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 Me either.

Sat, 2015-10-17 21:06

 Me either.

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 Same no pic

Sat, 2015-10-17 21:13

 Same no pic

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Yep can't see picture

Sun, 2015-10-18 23:33

As up above, for some reason I can't get the picture to come up.

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Hows that ?

Mon, 2015-10-19 09:08

 Hows that ?

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Frog fishHalophryne ?

Mon, 2015-10-19 09:37

Frog fish

Halophryne ? ocellatus

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Tend to agree but not sure

Mon, 2015-10-19 10:09

However whatever it is called you are very lucky you didnt grab it, as I know those spine hurt like %##%##5.

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Threespine frogfish

Thu, 2015-11-12 14:53

 Threespine Frogfish Batrachomoeus trispinosus.

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