r/whatsthisfish • u/Temporary_Good_2190 • Sep 03 '24

What is this thing Identified, high confidence

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Caught bottom fishing in about 50 foot of water. It looks like a big sculpin, but I don’t think sculpins get that big

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u/Orpheus6102 Sep 04 '24

Agreed some kind of rockfish/stonefish/sculpin. IIRC they are all venomous and have some nasty spines on their backs.

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u/oilrig13 Sep 04 '24

This isn’t any of those really

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u/Orpheus6102 Sep 04 '24

What is it?

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u/oilrig13 Sep 04 '24

Cabezon

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u/GlasKarma Sep 04 '24

A cabezon is a species of sculpin, so technically they were correct with their first comment

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u/oilrig13 Sep 04 '24

Yeah but a sculpin isn’t a helpful id as it’s one of the most diverse groups of fish , fresh and saltwater . So it doesn’t narrow it down or help with the requested id

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u/skilled4dathrill39 Sep 04 '24

What's that you say Mr.? The cab is on... The cab is on, what? Come on now, its not a tea kettle, whats the cab on, do tell...