Dear Isabel,

Have you considered that it could be a larvae of Zeus faber ??

Dear Sergio, The shape of the body and the melanophores are similar, but Zeus faber doesn´t have those spines as described in literature. The picture is not good enough. I will put another one.

Please let me know your opinion again. Could it be one Scorpaenidae, Serranidae? It doesn´t seem to me, either Carangidae.

Thank you very much

Dear Isabel,

I was so confident because of its multi-spotted colour pattern and the solid dorsal spine. I will check your next picture!

Thank you Sergio

Dear Isabel,

What about the family caproidae (maybe Capros aper)?

Check this book (pp 195-196):

https://books.google.es/books?id=-IXyRmngg4cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+Larvae+of+Indo-Pacific+Coastal+Fishes:+An+Identification+Guide+to+Marine&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-0oDgnbXZAhULbxQKHeLYBHMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=the%20Larvae%20of%20Indo-Pacific%20Coastal%20Fishes%3A%20An%20Identification%20Guide%20to%20Marine&f=false

Yes it can be. But still I have some doubts because it has much more spines than for example Capros aper, it seems to me. And the body seems longer.

I appreciate your help and count on you to discuss more details or doubts

Thanks Sergio

You are welcome!

Sergio, I cannot see the pages 195-196. Do you have the book?

I can read both pages by clicking the link above! You can't?

Yes. I've tried from my iPad. It seems the pages change each time I go there. Maybe it's a Caproidae. I must look for the species off Portugal. It doesn't seem to me Capros aper. I must check again. I'll let you know.

Thanks again