Fish ID

[CodyRVA]

Found this guy barely alive on the beach in the Dominican Republic, tried to help him with no luck. Anyone know what it is?

 

[Mike_J]

Pretty sure it's a file fish, just not sure of the variety.

 

[CodyRVA]

Pretty sure it's a file fish, just not sure of the variety.

Yea agreed, I was trying to compare offline, but couldn't find a specific match.

 

[Jofiel]

Looks like a white spotted filefish.

On another note, I googled yellow fin filefish and apparently it's a delicacy lol
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheratonshunde/14294757384

 

[CodyRVA]

Looks like a white spotted filefish.

On another note, I googled yellow fin filefish and apparently it's a delicacy lol
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheratonshunde/14294757384

Haha go figure, I found this resource, think you're right: http://reefguide.org/carib/whitespottedfile.html

 

[4FordFamily]

Yup looks to be a filefish, white spotted looks like a strong guess!

 

[stevo01]

The file fin is indicative. Common name/genera is pretty doable for most, id be challenged with species or latin name. Cool fish too bad he didnt make it :( really cool find in a sad way.

 

[saltyhog]

Yep, White Spotted File fish. They get huge. Really common fish in the Caribbean. Took the video of this pair in Cozumel back in August. Every time you see a pair only one has the white spots. the other has the solid color side.

File fish are at 1:26

 

[stevo01]

Yep, White Spotted File fish. They get huge. Really common fish in the Caribbean. Took the video of this pair in Cozumel back in August. Every time you see a pair only one has the white spots. the other has the solid color side.

File fish are at 1:26

Very cool dive video!