Lantern Bass

(full size)

This is a Lantern Bass about 2 inches. Photo by Rod 15 March 2008 in about 20 feet water.
Location was Pickles Reef, Key Largo, Florida.

Serranus baldwini

Features: 1. Obvious row of dark, rectangular blotches on lower side.; 2. Band of four black spots on base of tail.
Descrption:
Notes: Basslet family

Size: 1 1/2 - 2 in.; max 2 1/2 in;
Depth: 2-240 feet;
Audubon Field Guide; page 437; plate 149;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed; page 173-175; Plate 175;
Reef Fish ID;

Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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