i like fish a normal amount

doing my best to identify fish i come across in various posts! enjoy your stay! TERFS, NAZIS, OTHER SCUM DNI

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this account is inspired by the wonderful @identifying-cars-in-posts!

what i lack in skill i make up for in free time and dedication

TERFS, NAZIS, RACISTS, BIGOTS OF ANY KIND ARE NOT WELCOME HERE. THIS INCLUDES ZIONISTS.

any non-id posts will be tagged with #not an identification

feel free to tag me in posts youd like identified!

i prefer to identify pictures of living animals, and any identifications of fish that are dead will be tagged with #animal death

i absolutely will make mistakes!! im not a professional, im doing this for fun! if you see an id you think is wrong, please let me know!

my main is @kaylmao, feel free to follow me there if you like!

[gaydaigo]

google photos is so funny. three years since fish in da sink

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European sea bass aka Branzino (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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im seriously rusty, i forgot how to format everything lol

[omtai]

How can they do this and no one cares?

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Flyingfish, possibly Darkbar Flyingfish (Exocoetus sp. possibly hexazona)

[v-0w0-v]

FLAPS AWAY BASHFULLY

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Narrownose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana)

[dingoskidneys]

Fish resemblance

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Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

[lemonsweet]

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Golden sailfin pleco (Hypostomus luteus)

[662607015]

saw "cod" trending on here but apparently it isn't the fish. disappointment immeasurable, day ruined

[662607015]

let's all make her a trending topic

[starqueensterlexa]

i believe in her

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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

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died again

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do u forgive me

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died again

[fleshdyk3]

genuinely in tears over this fucking video

[human-lab-rat]

@identifying-fish-in-posts

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Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)

[featherboabear]

thats a dogy actually

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ohh my bad. thank u for the info...!

Dogy (Puppy dogy)

[fleshdyk3]

genuinely in tears over this fucking video

[human-lab-rat]

@identifying-fish-in-posts

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Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)

[charl0ttan]

we could be so fucking wet and loud

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Dussumier's mudskipper (Boleophthalmus dussumieri)

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hello faithful fish fans!! thank you for sticking with me all this time :)

im gonna actually try and start doing stuff with this account again, but it means a lot to me that you're all still here :)

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shoutout to. fish

[autumn-blue]

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Sunset rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus)

[cheerscafe]

Honestly with a blurry image of a rockfish like this, it really does get hard to tell! From what I can see based on the size, coloration, and body shape, it could be a sunset rockfish, a vermillion rockfish (S. miniatus), a Mexican rockfish (S. macdonaldi) , a chillipepper rockfish (S. goodei), a bocaccio (S. paucispinis), or even something else!

If anyone has a higher quality image please feel free to share!

[cheerscafe]

I ran across a higher quality version this morning! With this body shape and detail, I can now safely rule out bocaccio and chilipepper rockfish due to body shape and mouth size.

Looking at its coloring, I am also going to rule out Mexican rockfish, as they are usually much darker and a more vibrant red.

Where the difficult part comes in is whether it’s a sunset or a vermillion rockfish.

When I looked the two species (Sebastes miniatus vs S. crocotulus) I found that they are actually very similar! It seems that until 2008 they were thought to be the same species, which means almost all of their characteristics are identical. In fact, if this chart is to be believed from this study, then they’re actually right next to each other on their phylogenetic tree (look almost directly at the bottom of the wheel)!

So in terms of identifying this rockfish, I believe it would be currently only possible to tell which species it is if a genetic test was run, since the differences between the species seem to be minute and colors for both are highly variable.

So yes, this is indeed either a Sunset Rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) or a Vermillion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)! Great ID skills, @identifying-fish-in-posts!

[olloollo]

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Tarpon? @identifying-fish-in-posts

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good shout! i thought arapaima at first, but i think thats just wishful thinking lol

Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

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dont worry the fish didnt get me :) stuff is gonna start picking back up around here!