Fish ID

[Captainawesomepants]

Anyone know what kind of fish this is?

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[Salty Gator]

I believe that is a cow fish

[StMarksAngler]

An interestingly colored triggerfish of some kind... definitely not a cowfish.

[Salty Gator]

I don’t think it’s a trigger. Mouth isn’t right. Maybe boxfish.

[Limitless]

Yep, Cow Fish.

[SCALAWAG]

That is a unicorn leatherjacket. google it

[Srbenda]

Saw several of these a few weeks ago on OAR-2k reef.

They were much bigger, and very friendly.

[dombern34]

That is a unicorn leatherjacket. google it

that's my vote as well.

[StMarksAngler]

That is a unicorn leatherjacket. google it

Found a winner, good ID.

[DixieReb]

We saw a pair of those come up around the boat a few years back, was fishing out of Aucilla in 13 ft. of water. Had no idea what they were.

[sundown]

Think that's a filefish. Ran up on some many years ago on Wakulla reef..

[StMarksAngler]

Think that's a filefish. Ran up on some many years ago on Wakulla reef..

Unicorn leatherjacket is a variety of filefish. Quite popular as sashimi in Japan.

[tailwaters]

I've always called them a cow fish but after looking at some pics of unicorn Leatherjacket it looks like I was wrong. They are a pretty common fish in our near shore waters as I see them often. Generally they are just floating near the surface. Most of the ones I see are while running.

[STMU]

Unicorn leatherjacket is a variety of filefish. Quite popular as sashimi in Japan.

Used to catch a lot of those offshore in south Florida. Never tried them raw, but the meat is very white. Hard to catch hook and line but easy to get them to the boat following some cut bait. We would gaff them or shoot them with a recurve bow.