r/whatsthisfish 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/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