Pineapplefish

Cleidopus gloriamaris

Description:

small yellow fish about 2 inchs

Habitat:

Found this at 127ft inside a small cave

1 Species ID Suggestions

The MnMs 9 years ago

Pineapplefish

Cleidopus gloriamaris Pineapplefish

17 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru 9 years ago

Great find !

shanestevenson 9 years ago

I have no idea. Sorry to say. They both look so much alike. I am looking at the photo zoomed in and it does seem to have small spines. I think the best thing is for me to go diving again and try to find him again.

Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

That looks a good chance Ron. They look remarkably similar superficially but the head/mouth shape and lack of spines seems right. Do you feel like adding an ID suggestion above?

RonSilver 9 years ago

Appears to be Monocentris japonicus (Pineconefish)

AnnieLopezReyes 9 years ago

Congratulations!

JillBlack 9 years ago

Congratulations Shane on SOTD

AshleyT 9 years ago

Beautiful little fish, congrats!

DanielePralong 9 years ago

Congratulations and welcome to Project Noah!

NuwanChathuranga 9 years ago

Congratulations Shane!

Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Congrats on the SOTD Shane. Well deserved. I will never see life at 127ft.

VivBraznell 9 years ago

Great spotting! Well done on the SOTD

The MnMs 9 years ago

Congrats Shane for this tiny beauty finding! ;-)

Yasser 9 years ago

Congratulations Shane! This awesome encounter has earned you your first Spotting of the Day! Thanks for sharing these wonderful gems with us and we look forward to many more!

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