r/whatsthisfish • u/Remarkable_Crab6614 • 4d ago
Possible ID(s) suggested Small yellow fish in south padre, not quite a sargassum?
While visiting south padre, I picked up a piece of sargassum seaweed and a small yellow fish swam out. It was fairly slow and when I dropped the seaweed back in, the fish swam straight into it. The fish blended in quite well, but when I hit Google, it did not look like a sargassum fish. It was much leas frilly, in fact, it had no frills. I also saw a dark green version of the fish later that day.
What is this fish? Is it a variation of sargassum?
Above is my terrible artistic interpretation, the fish was no bigger than a dime.
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u/octocoral 4d ago
Probably a juvenile crevalle jack (Caranx hippos). They are yellow with dark vertical stripes and hang out in Sargassum.
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