Small benthic fish on Bali night dive.

[jim21 0]

Saw this at about 10M on a muck night dive in Bali.

It was about 3cm long and stayed curled up and inactive.

Can someone ID it please?

[JimSwims 31]

It's a Jawfish, Opistognathus sp. out of its hole

 

Cheers,

Jim.

[AMW 0]

Yes, definitely a jawfish.

I had this same sort of encounter on a night dive while diving in Raja Ampat.

[jim21 0]

Thanks for your replies.

I had considered jawfish, but could not find a match in my books.

[Rocha 0]

Oh, looks like a new species that I am after... Good to know that it comes out at night!