SRC Reef ID Quiz #16,

[Achilles Tang]

What is this??

[hamannbmw]

Kathetostoma laeve aka Eastern Stargazer

[Synanceia]

The fish certainly have the characteristics of a Synanceiidae (stonefish family) (for full picture, see thread on 'trip to chek jawa')- broad flattened pectoral fins, dorsally curved mouth, skyward eyes, burrowing in seabed bottom. I checked Fish Base, and ended up with a possibility - Synanceia platyryhncha endemic to Indonesia. Pity there was no picture nor any description of it. A web search also ended up with no info.

AT - what is the answer? Really itching to know.

[Synanceia]

Kathetostoma laeve aka Eastern Stargazer

Wow Bro, you seem to have got the right answer! You are a ichthyologist or what? This fish can grow up to 75cm!!

[hamannbmw]

Wow Bro, you seem to have got the right answer! You are a ichthyologist or what? This fish can grow up to 75cm!!

I'm not ichthyologist lar... i'm jus another itchyhandologist

[Anemone]

stargazer~

[SBS_Transit]

To me it looks more like a fish never see a metal sheet and swam right into it n haveing its face printed onto the it ?

[RAV-65]

To me it looks more like a fish never see a metal sheet and swam right into it n haveing its face printed onto the it ?

Good one!

[AquaRa]

mosaic tile with a fish face

[blueheaven]

My Humanities teacher

[zero_endless]

Frogfish (Family Antennariidae), has a human face, hide in sand waiting for its prey- can find these species in chek jawa.

[giantbicycle]

My Humanities teacher

Anw,there is a thread on it..hahaha...

[seamonkee]

It's Jar Jar Binks' Dad...

[hermit]

hahaha..................

that is the fish which was first seen by me at the chek jawa tat time went wif lin last year.

at first i thought it was some how a stone or rocks from faraway......

when approaching it seem to be a fish like stuff.............close in at look, found tat the fish jaw seem to moving.....!!!

hahaha, out of curiousity all of us start to disturb the fish liao...........

heeeeeeeeee, funny....................

we thought tat the fish will die out of the water so we pick it up and put him back into the sea again....................................

who know..............swim back again........................!!!

[Lin]

hahaha..................

that is the fish which was first seen by me at the chek jawa tat time went wif lin last year.

at first i thought it was some how a stone or rocks from faraway......

when approaching it seem to be a fish like stuff.............close in at look, found tat the fish jaw seem to moving.....!!!

hahaha, out of curiousity all of us start to disturb the fish liao...........

heeeeeeeeee, funny....................

we thought tat the fish will die out of the water so we pick it up and put him back into the sea again....................................

who know..............swim back again........................!!!

oei.. count me out hor.. all of u guys dug it out hor.. not me hor.. i was watching only neh! u shld have keep the fish in ur bag! Go hm and cook!

[mabro]

is this fish a local fish ?

[Lester]

hi bro .. think it is local .. they found it at ubin

cheers

[violence]

Thats a fish frozen in carbonite han solo style

[RawKnMetaLNemO]

the body's very pretty....looks lke a clown trigger....

maybe its a clown trigger fuse with a stonefish