Caught In Port Aransas.. Can You Identify This Fish?

[Landcut Fish Club]

Can anyone help us identify this fish? It was caught in the surf at Port Aransas, Texas.. Never seen one before See attached pic.

Thanks!

 

[Buddyboy67]

My guess is one of the frog fish..looks like a sargasso frog, if possible...definately camouflaged to live amongst macro algae there..predatory towards small fish and shrimps

 

[SkiFletch]

Would also guess a frogfish, good luck?

 

[kj23502]

Are you going to let it go?

 

[scott133]

hi

i am 99.9% sure it is a sargasso frogfish can kill fish more than a meter long as it attack under the belly and a rare one to get a hold off and can give a powerful bite from what the book says

regards scott