Florida fish and crab IDs needed please!

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krichardson;4333881; said:
That first crab looks like some kind of Caridisoma species.I have three that look very much lke it and I was'nt aware that they were found anywhere in Florida.

Really? if you ever go to the boat docks you will see them in the oyster shell;s on the pilings.
 
likestofish;4333888; said:
Really? if you ever go to the boat docks you will see them in the oyster shell;s on the pilings.
Well I guess I should'nt be too shocked about it,they are plentiful on some of the Carribean Islands....Did you bring any of these back home?
 
Pic #2 is not a sculpin, it's an oyster toadfish

Pic #3 is a rainwater killifish

Pic #9 is a striped hermit crab
 
The crab in pic #6 appears to be a young stone crab

The crabs in pic #8 are blue crabs

The previous "sally light foot" identification was correct as well
 
Photo number six looks interesting,how big do they get?
 
ok, so, i do not beleive that #2 is not an oyster toad fish, because i googled it and it looks like they are rather big. all of these were really small, except the really crab in the first picture. i still need IDs for
#4
#5
#12
#13
and #14

and are you sure that is a stone crab? i am not questioning you but i looked it up and it doesnt look very much like the ones i found...?
 
oh yeah, and i dont think those photos show it, but the pipe fish was carrying eggs. and i also saw a stonefish snorkeling off the shore in big pine key. and i went snorkeling on a reef. that was INSANE. we saw 3 barracuda, a reef shark, regular parrot fish, rainbow parrot fish, and blue parrot fish. and i was just floating around, when i turned to find my dad, there was a big ass tarpon like 2 feet away from me!!!!
 
is it possible that the pipefish is a male bay pipefish? i was just reading, and apparently they are very much like sea horses. the males carry the eggs till they hatch and they also look very similar too. and since he was carrying eggs...?
 
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