Difficult one?- Type of Trunk fish

[Zeke XA3]

(1) How big is the critter?
About 1cm
(2) Where in the world is the critter?
Cancun, Mexico
(3) What sort of habitat (reef, wreck, sand, rubble etc) is the critter in?
Reef
(4) How deep is the critter?
20 - 30 feet
(5) What time of day (or night) did you see the critter?
Various times in the day
(6) Any observed behavior of the critter...
Shy, hides well inside the coral
(7) If the locals have a common name for the critter, what is it?
Nope

Ok folks so i have seen this little guy a few times now but never been able to get a pic due to its behavior and size.

This little guy is about 1cm, imagine a die, painted jet black with random bright yellow spots. On closer look you can make out eyes and i think a mouth like a trunkfish. I can see any fins or tail due to its size but its movements are jerky and awkward like other solid bodied trunk fish. We have a lot of smooth trunkfish round here but i dont thinks its a juvenile one of them since the small smooths i have seen are the same black and white as the larger ones.

Can anyone tell me the species or point me in direction of a picture of all species of trunkfish so i can trawl for a match?

 

[HowardE]

 

[Zeke XA3]

That be the one! Now what is it????

 

[HowardE]

Juvenile Smooth Trunkfish

 

[Zeke XA3]

wow thats some colour change during adolescence!

 

[Bratface]

Yes, it's a post-larval smooth trunk fish, just a new baby.

 

[Deefstes]

and a damn cute little fishie!

 

[designbysue]

And the first time you see it - there is never anyone around to show it to - so you question your eyes! They look like floating dice!

 

[Zeke XA3]

Yeah i love that fish, one of my favs.

The first 3 or 4 times i saw it i cold not see mouth or eyes i had no idea what it was, was only last week that i managed to find one that i could get close enough to to make out it was a real fish!