Salt water fish ID

[JacksonJigsaw]

Okay, so i was out diving in the florida keys and i saw this little guy in hole and thought he was pretty awesome. I left him there but i was curious if you guys could help me figure it out.

Small fish, about 2 inches long,
black and white stripes,
very tall dorsal fin

ill try to attach a picture of the shape of the fish, Thanks guys!

 

[JacksonJigsaw]

same shaoe as that but with a really tall dorsal fin, i have seen them in aquarium stores before

 

[Flreefer]

Possibly a Hi-hat? Not sure what family they are in though.

 

[JacksonJigsaw]

Possibly a Hi-hat? Not sure what family they are in though.

Excellent that was the fish, I googled it under flirida species and I think it is a species of drum. Thank you do much, you are a fish ID expert

 

[Flreefer]

Happy to help, thanks for the "props".

 

[Starchar]

+1 Drum. Adult Spotted Drum.

 

[Tony Gill]

Just wanted to point out that there are five species of the drum family (Sciaenidae) in Florida with similar morphology (at least as juveniles): jack-knife fish (Equetus lancelotus), spotted drum (Equetus punctatus), high hat (Pareques acuminatus), Gulf cubbyu (Pareques iwamotoi) and cubbyu (Pareques umbrosus).

Tony