Identification - anyone?

[surfboy]

Found this fish, dead, washed up in the Natures Valley lagoon, that has just been washed open after heavy rains. Sorry picture is not great. 1 and a half inches long....trigger?

 

[i want fish]

that's a tough one!

 

[Enigma]

Definitely one of the hundreds of Trigger Species

 

[Transkeikat]

It's a honeycomb file fish... not a triggerfish

 

[Enigma]

Love Sealine and there I learn again......

Filefish closest family of the Triggerfish and both are closely related to Pufferfish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filefish

Most interesting fact is that they got their name from their Rough hard skin that when dried was used as a File in making wooden boats.

 

[surfboy]

Thank you.....so we live and learn. Should have kept him to dry him out to experiment sanding down some foam floats.