Creature ID

[Phanman]

Just came across this crazy looking thing and was wondering if its real or not... looks like its got legs or something.

[Glennrf38]

Don't know what it is but it sure looks kewl

[dsaundry]

Scorpion fish family????

[VFX]

That would be some hitchhiker!

[Brent F]

Either scorpion or frogfish. Frogfish can walk on their front fins using them like legs. Their gills are under the front fins so that fish can't see them breathing. That's why you can't see gills in the picture.

[justinl]

frogfish. no doubt about it. but that aside, holy cow cr*p, that is by far one o the coolest hitchers i have ever seen. unfortunately, it is probably something you might want to evict from your tank. These fish can open their gaping mouths wide enough to swallow fish only a bit smaller than themselves. that damsel on the left in the first pic for example would make a nice treat for him. They use those "legs" to walk around the ocean/tank floor. they are terrible swimmers when they decide to do so; they rather just sit around and wait for food to come to them. Give it away or sell it off to someone who wants a froggy. they're great fishy pets and that is a real pretty one to boot.

[VFX]

I was kidding about it being a hitchhiker!

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[justinl]

oh, whoops, my bad. didnt read very carefully. where did you stumble accross this guy then? lfs?

[Phanman]

lol sorry i should have stated i came across that on the net.

[Zoaelite]

*removed*