ID?

I found this little fella in a sandy area in the Arabian Gulf. I tried to look for an ID in the web and the closest thing was a crocodile fish. I asked a local fisherman about it and he said that the locals here call it OHARAH in Arabic and they say it is poisonous.

Could you guys give me an accurate ID on this one?

Do you have a color photo?

Luiz

Sure.

Thre ya go. If you cosider cyan a color .

Now I see why you posted in B&W in the first place! Anyways, the fish is probably a Broadhead flathead (Eurycephalus arenicola), or some other flathead (family Platycephalidae, the same family of the crocodile fish, so you were not far off). Yes, I also hate its common name. FIY, the real crocodilefish has a longer snout and looks a lot more like a crocodile.

Luiz

hmmmmm. Interesting.

Thank you Doc.

Looks to me more like some type of Lizard Fish, very common in both the Caribbean and Pacific, but he is covered with sand.

Doug

Not a lizard fish. The lower jaw is much too protruding to be a lizard fish.

I am not sure what species it is, but I am sure it is not a lizard fish, and it belongs to the family Platycephalidae (crocodilefish and flatheads). Take a look at the pictures of Platycephalidae below:

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/identificatio...e=273&areacode=

I had a look into the link which Rocha gave me, and the closest fish I that I saw was the Bartail Flathead (Platycephalus indicus).

What do you think? Am I right?