Fish has hairy Eyebrows, what is he??

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  1. dEbuRnTchEf

    dEbuRnTchEf Plankton

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    So I live in South Florida and went to the beach to catch a few new tenents for my tank. I got a fish about 5" long looks like a streached version of a red grouper with a lighter colored patter around the head. Also there are several rows of "hairs" above the eyes tthat make it look like EYEBROWS. Grew up fishing and diving here my whole life but never paid attention to this one before. I will post a pic as soon as I get my cable to down load the picks of it. For now it Stays in the Isolation tank
    Any Ideas would be appreciated.
     
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  2. totter0817

    totter0817 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Lawnmower blenny has little "eye brows"
     
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  3. Froc3

    Froc3 Fire Goby

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    Good thought, but they're from the indo-pacific region. That's my original guess too.. maybe a hawkfish? What's his behaviour like?
     
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  4. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    Yea, thats a good guess. It may be another blenny as well as they all have the "eyebrows".
     
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  5. dEbuRnTchEf

    dEbuRnTchEf Plankton

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    check out these...Eyebrows

    Eye Brows.JPG

    Eyebrow fish.jpg

    Full Shot Eyebrow Fish.jpg

    Hey Thanks for the imput, I searched for all the name references but can't find a match yet. Here are some pics of the "eyebrow fish" as I have dubbed it now. What do you think???
     
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  6. ziggy222

    ziggy222 Fire Goby

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    those are federaly protected and its punishable by up to 10 yrs in jail for possesing them.ok,well maybe its just some fish lol.
     
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  7. snooopidydoo

    snooopidydoo Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Lol +1 ziggy
     
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  8. Scubagator87

    Scubagator87 Skunk Shrimp

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    it looks like some type of grouper maybe; or possibly a type of rock fish (scorpion fish). Does it have spines on the dorsal area? (steer clear just in case)
     
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  9. Scubagator87

    Scubagator87 Skunk Shrimp

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    hmm looked at florida groupers...body is too different.
     
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  10. Scubagator87

    Scubagator87 Skunk Shrimp

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