Can you help me ID a few more?

[Maggy]

Since I got such a great help with my first question here about ID, I have still a few fishes that I can't find in my fish guide.

All photos are from Similan Islands in Thailand, Andaman Sea and they are taken at coral reef at max 20ft, while snorkeling.

First photo is a small school of fish about 20cm (6-7 inch). I don't know what they are.

Some sort of Wrasse?

This is a boxfish but which one?

This one is a Butterflyfish and I do apologize for the unsharp picture, but I can't find what speices it is. Could it be a Raccoon Butterflyfish maybe?

 

[ryan115]

No idea off of the top of my head on the 1st pic. The second pic looks to be some species of Halichoeres that looks familiar but I cant place at the moment. 3rd picture is not a boxfish, a puffer of some kind, looks to be some species of dog face. Id have to look over some books, thinking Arothron genus, The 4th pic is a Racoon Butterfly Chaetodon lunula

 

[Papa_Bear]

2 is a Bird Wrasse and three is a Dog face called a black spot!

 

[ryan115]

Bird wrasse is a very generic term describing many different species from several genus

 

[Maggy]

Thank you very much. Then I have no 3 and 4 done. Still interested in opinions about no 1 and 2.

To be sure, do you mean that the puffer on no 3 is the blackspotted as below? Just another color?

 

[Odontozona]

The 1st puffer will be identified with Arothron immaculatus by long tail fan with black upper margin.

The 2nd is Arothron nigropunctatus, another congeneric species of the 1st.

 

[Papa_Bear]

I am sorry I am trying to locate my Indo-Pacific book! Here is the fish face on!

 

[redrover]

Ok, since I was so close but no cigar before, I’ll just ignore that…LOL

• Looks familiar, like something I’ve seen – in a book not here in HI….where was that…
• Sure looks like our endemic Psychedelic Wrasse and nothing like our Bird Wrasses. Maybe Checkerboard Wrasse, CheckerboardWrasse.jpg or Yellowtail Coris…they do a lot of changes, Spottail Coris…. Hey look down the last link for Coris caudimacula…could that be photo 1, another stage?
• I love people who know how to tell fish apart.
• Got the Raccoon right, cute little buggers aren’t they?

 

[Papa_Bear]

On #1 I don't think it is, but not a great picture for identifying from. You could very well right on the "Bird" I do think they have more of a beak? This on was taken in Northern Fiji Bligh Water area!

 

[redrover]

HI Birdies, the first fish I fell in love with.