Fish ID please! Green-spotted fish, erect and spiny dorsal

[gesguerra]

Hey dive buddies, anybody knows what kind of fish this is? The photo has been with me for more than a year, and I still havent found out what its name is... Thanks in advance!

 

[pwl]

i can't help you myself, but maybe if you say *where* you took the pic (location, depth, in-shore or midwater reef, etc) that might help others...

 

[gesguerra]

this was taken in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines... midwater reef, about 10-15ft depth, in a dive site called Coral Gardens, way back May 2007...

 

[ryan115]

Looks like a Green Chromis Chromis viridis It looks like it is exhibiting some fright markings

 

[gesguerra]

Thanks man! Yeah, i did some online searching too and the closest profile I found was that of the Chromis, although I was wondering why this one had bright green spots...