Help me identify these fish!

Our annual spring break trip to RP was good for fishing this year. Calm winds and water. So, we caught some differenct fish this year and need your help in identifying some of them. See below....



These were all caught on a small "Little Cleo" off of Las Conchas in a kayak.

Thanks for your help!! :fish:
Jason

That first one looks like Kenny! That last one rockyptJoe.

The second one looks almost like a bonefish but hard to tell without the full body shot.

#1 - Lizardfish

#2 - Bonefish

#3 - Spottail grunt (or Cortez grunt)

No idea, but looks like fun. I don't think I've ever caught any of those from a kayak.

Thanks Guys! Now for the BONUS question. What is this fish?

That one is a wrasse.

Probably a banded wrasse (Halichoeres notospilus), or a rock wrasse (Halichoeres semicinctus), or, maybe a spinster wrasse (Halichoeres nicholsi)

pics of each can be found by clicking the links for the species above on the following page:

Wrasse Family fish pictures and species identification

moore_rb said:

That one is a wrasse.

Probably a banded wrasse (Halichoeres notospilus), or a rock wrasse (Halichoeres semicinctus), or, maybe a spinster wrasse (Halichoeres nicholsi)

pics of each can be found by clicking the links for the species above on the following page:


Wrasse Family fish pictures and species identification

I better get off my wrasse and really find out what it is.

Sorry I couldn't resist.

That is a male Spinster Wrasse... there is a photo of a larger male in my post in the pictures section Funky Fish... they are pretty common in the waters around Rocky Point... there is some video footage of a large one in my video Exotic Fish Upper Gulf of California also in the pictures section... they can get pretty curious of divers and snorkelers and will swim close by and hang around while you are underwater...

jwolters4 said:

Thanks Guys! Now for the BONUS question. What is this fish?

Ye ol' lizardfish. I swear I hold the world record on that species, but some things are just too damned ugly and you throw them back...

That wrasse is cool looking and if you were to buy one of those at a fish store for an aquarium that thing would be a $100!! Time to start importing...