The fish pulled a gun. Very dangerous situation.

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plus they was it was acting is clear it was a fish tank release.

So how exactly do fish tank release fish act? Does it swim up to you and tap on your mask glass?

When free diving (no tanks) and staying put in one area, the reef fish quickly get used to you, swim all around you and when you move, they just get out of the way, this one would freak out at any little movement I made. Would do a hard 180 and bolt, then come back in but stay off a bit.

When fish act "differently" they are either weird or about to take a bite out of you!

Are they better with tartar or cocktail sauce?

I'm not one to cry police brutality, but apparently the suspect ended up somewhat battered.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:

Was it really a Humuhumunukunukuapua’a?


-Rob

Early reports are yes, it was a lagoon Trigger. But they will confirm with me tomorrow. Ill let you know.

Did it trigger anybody in its immediate vicinity, or did they keep it sufficiently out of sight?

Did you keep your index finger well away from it? Wouldn't want to set it off inadvertently.

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Originally posted by Southflorida-law:
When free diving (no tanks) and staying put in one area, the reef fish quickly get used to you, swim all around you and when you move, they just get out of the way, this one would freak out at any little movement I made. Would do a hard 180 and bolt, then come back in but stay off a bit.

When fish act "differently" they are either weird or about to take a bite out of you!

So...the fish was acting...'fishy'?

I'm actually surprised that the suspect fish was located. I would have thought the fish would have moved off to different waters rather than remain where it had been first spotted. Being a loner in a population of other native fish, I would've thought that it would isolate itself somewhat.

Just got confirmation, it was indeed a indo-Pacific Lagoon Trigger fish

and it is not now fish sticks, It was live captured and now has a new home in some lab either at NSU or down in the keys

you are famous kinda. just saw this on my facebook feed knew it was you.
well guess can not share the link but it is on facebook usgs site

Very cool, and if that's not a stock photo on their site, a cool looking fish.

Love triggers, both in the aquarium and on the plate! We once had a Niger triggerfish who knew when we walked in after work it was dinner time and started his crazy dance in the tank....

Is this him? Cool looking fish.

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you are famous kinda. just saw this on my facebook feed knew it was you.
well guess can not share the link but it is on facebook usgs site

Facebook linky

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
49 mins ·

Some kinds of triggerfish are regularly seen in Florida waters, but this eye-popping specimen is not native and spotting one is cause for concern.

On April 20 a citizen scientist saw a lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) off Fort Lauderdale, the second known record of such a fish in US waters.

The aggressively territorial fish is native to the Indo-Pacific region and popular in the aquarium trade. Six days after the first report, USGS scientists helped a team of divers from REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) and the Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami coordinate its capture and live removal.

After a quarantine, it will be on display in an exhibit of non-native marine fishes at Frost Science. Scientists stress early detection and rapid response to non-native fish species in part because of lessons learned from another Indo-Pacific species, the lionfish, which has become destructive.

Lionfish were first reported off South Florida in 1985 and rapidly expanded into U.S. Atlantic coastal waters, the United States, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Lagoon triggerfish photo: Andy Dehart, Frost Science.

Learn more about non-native lagoon triggerfish:
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx…

Super cool, I did not see that on FB, thanks. "Citizen scientist", I like the ring......

Yes Skins2881, that is the fish.

I am amazed they were able to locate and capture a single fish. That had to take some effort.

How big was it. I've never seen a big one, but I have only seen them in aquaria.

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How big was it. I've never seen a big one, but I have only seen them in aquaria.

Small, less than 12 inches.

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Why the fuck people release non-native species into our area I will never know.

A iguana was found in one of our wetland parks on the edge of a state prairie this winter when they were falling out of trees. People got pissed that I said I would have killed it if I found it.

When found it was cold enough it was in the not dead but not moving state. The person that found it took it to the vet school because it was someone’s lost pet. There’s no way with the weather it made it there on it’s own. Someone clearly dumped it there. I don’t want to start seeing those stupid things in north central Florida.

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Super cool, I did not see that on FB, thanks. "Citizen scientist", I like the ring......

Yes Skins2881, that is the fish.

Sounds like a good CUT.

I have to wonder what the risk is if there's only one. I guess the problem is, there was only one Lionfish, one Snakefish and one Asian Carp once upon a time. I suspect this is a situation where Murphy holds sway. Invasive species are less and less the exception.

A buddy got bit by an aggressive triggerfish when we were in Indonesia years ago. Left a mark where it bit him. They can be very aggressive.