On the reefs in Bonaire, we encounter several drum species. The most commonly seen drum is the spotted drum (bottom photo). From its earliest stages, we generally find spotted drum in reef recesses, and under things.
Another drum, which looks very much like the spotted drum in its juvenile stage, is the jacknife fish (top photo). However, the few jacknife fish that we have seen have all be out in the open, over sand, near some kind of structure, but sort of patrolling the sand.
Each of these drums was about 5 inches long. The juvenile in the middle photo was about 2 inches long. I'm guessing that the photo is of a juvenile spotted drum, but it's hard to tell from this angle.
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