New Sea Robin

I just picked on up today [smiley=trampoline.gif], I couldn't resist. This was kinda a instinct buy, I gotta stop doing this, the lfs was helpful enough to get me to buy it. The one problem I have found is a huge variance in size. I have read anywhere from 8" to 2'. Has anyone had any experience with this fish. It is an awesome fish but I can't accommodate a 2' fish. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Sea Robin or Sea Goblin? I've never heard of a Sea Robin, but I'm by no means an expert or encyclopedia of fish.

 

I is a sea robin, I was told it was a close relative of the flying gunard. I have also read on the net that a Sea Robin is another name for a flying gunard. I sea robin I have dosn't look like a gunard.

 

Sea Robin

http://www.gotosnapshot.com/Com_C_Robin/ComCRobin_catalog.html

A fairy common, but way cool lookin, east coast fish.... ;D

Does this look like what you have Somethingfishy?

 

Yes I would have to say this is probably the fish. I know there are a lot of different species of sea robins and the one in these pick look a lot like mine except for some of the colors. I haven't found much info. The most info I found was on Peteducation.com.

 

According to McClane's Encyclopedia:

Searobin (genus Prionotus, family Triglidae)

Common along the Atlantic seaboard. One of the most common, Prionotus carolinus, occurs from the Bay of Fundy to South Carolina.The body is reddish to red-brown or gray, with fine black markings and saddlelike blotches. It grows to about 16 inches and 1 3/4 lbs. Most specimens are less than a foot long.

Searobins are bottom dwellers, but they can be taken close to the surface, and apparently they can swim rapidly in short bursts. They use their pectoral fins to walk along the bottom and stir up food. If disturbed they burrow into the sand, exposing only their heads.

They are omnivorous and voracious and eat fish, shrimp, crabs, amphipods, squids, clams and worms.

Sounds like a clean up army in one fish HUH!!!

Hope that helps any!! ;D

Drew

 

SOunds like a cold water fish to me.  

Yikes!

 

Well if its anything like a flying gunard, it'll probably starve to death in yout tank. Flying gunards do so poorly, most wholealers and LFS won't order them. They usually ecieve them as a box filler.

 

Well Thanks for all the info, it seems like this fish stirs up several varying opinions. [smiley=beer.gif]Heres to the success of my impossible fish [smiley=beer.gif]

 

I am gonna have to agree with Matt here, that it is probably a cold water fish. I catch them occasionally here off the coast of New Jersey.