Wow, beautiful photo. Your fish looks like a juvenile porgy to me. If I had to guess the specie I'd say Grass Porgy, Calamus actifrons. Check out the Grass Porgy photos at these links:
Submitted by c333davis on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 18:39.
It was great to see this Grass Porgy featured here. At the beginning of April, my sweetie Jim & I did a shore dive at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and just after we submerged, I noticed a small Grass Porgy who was staying close to Jim. The fish circled him, staying just under Jim's chin or in the back, around his tank. Throughout the dive, I periodically did a "Porgy check," and was delighted to see that our new friend stayed with us the entire 70 minutes we were under. I wonder what it thought when we stood up in the sand and walked out of the surf... I hated to leave him!
Juvenile Porgy
Wow, beautiful photo. Your fish looks like a juvenile porgy to me. If I had to guess the specie I'd say Grass Porgy, Calamus actifrons. Check out the Grass Porgy photos at these links:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-29639176/stock-photo-grass-porgy-calamus-arctifrons.html
http://bigelowsociety.com/fish1/gporgy1.htm
Yours looks a bit more mottled than those, but perhaps it's displaying resting or feeding colors.
Happy Easter!
Louis
Grassy Porgy
Louis is right, that is a Grassy Porgy.
Chiming in with a Grass Porgy experience
It was great to see this Grass Porgy featured here. At the beginning of April, my sweetie Jim & I did a shore dive at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and just after we submerged, I noticed a small Grass Porgy who was staying close to Jim. The fish circled him, staying just under Jim's chin or in the back, around his tank. Throughout the dive, I periodically did a "Porgy check," and was delighted to see that our new friend stayed with us the entire 70 minutes we were under. I wonder what it thought when we stood up in the sand and walked out of the surf... I hated to leave him!