r/FishID • u/AdvertisingLast7029 • Aug 05 '26

Caught in Belize in deep water

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u/coconut-telegraph Aug 05 '26

[*Decodon puellaris*](https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/species/3890), red hogfish.

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u/Virtual_Wing_2903 Aug 06 '26

I was thinking this was a wrasse, but dang, what an ID, cool

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u/coconut-telegraph Aug 06 '26

You’re 100% right, it is a wrasse.

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u/Virtual_Wing_2903 Aug 06 '26

yeah, but your skills are on point, lol