ID this Fish or Invert

nope. smaller

What!? Is it of the genus Lactoria or Ostracion?

Hint. mmmm bean.

The Boston Bean Cowfish (Lactophrys sp)! My turn .

North Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)?

Or

The Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris?

It's one of the two .

Uh. North Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)?

Right on!

Sick.

Wrasse no doubt. It looks tropical though... Should be temperate .

nope.... oink oink....

Hognose wrasse or something along those lines?

well.... there is hogfish... but what kind?

Peppermint hogfish (Bodianus sepiacaudus); from the North Pacific.

Okay im just going to completely own both of you, brents picture was a thorny seahorse. In fact, heres the link to the picture.

http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/image/Thorny-Seahorse-Hippocampus-histrix

Do I win?

It would appear to be! Which make it's your turn, for once.

Lol finally Guess il have to go exotic fish hunting in just a second

Okay here we go not that I have the slightest idea of how hard this is going to be to ID

Is it a kind of deepwater fish?

Is it a Tripod Fish (Bathypterois Grallator)?

Nice one 4pac, Also known as a Transparent Spiderfish, and, yes PF it is.

Rock grouper?

Negative.

I'm going to say red sea bass...