What is this and why is it attacking me?

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What is this and why is it attacking me?

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To be fair, I started it. I thought it was almost dead, but no. On the actual video you can hear it hit the camera lens, and it attacked me once more off camera.

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Kind of hard to tell. Maybe a plainfin midshipman?
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I'm not sure but I saw one about 2x that size on Sunday. Same behavior too, I thought it was dead, then it took off! I think I got some video, but my mask was flooding while I was trying to shoot, so I doubt it's very good.
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Snailfish, probably a lobefin
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