FISH ID time!

[sillago]

Hi
Just seeing if 1) I can figure out this file attach thingy cos I'm new in the neighbourhood and 2) anyone can figure out what fish this is for the fun of it!

Good luck

 

[Dee]

Can't see it well enough to even guess!

Welcome to the neighborhood!

 

[DivingGal]

I agree with Dee, can't really see the fish. What I can see, it looks like a leopard fish...but that's just a guess. Any chance of getting the photo "less dark"?

 

[sillago]

DOH!
Sorry didn't realise how dark and small the picture was...let me try this again!

P.S. Is there a way to show the picture on here so that ppl don't have to download it to view it instead?

:bonk:

 

[sillago]

DOH...lets try this again

 

[socaldiver]

But I can tell you one thing, it is one Butt Ugly fish.

 

[Rick Murchison]

Bandtail Searobin
Rick

 

[Rooster]

Originally posted by sillago

P.S. Is there a way to show the picture on here so that ppl don't have to download it to view it instead?

:bonk:

Yes, you can post it right to the board. The photo must be accessible to the web. That is, it must already be posted somewhere on the web, like your home page, or a photo posting service like photopoint, or in the Rodale's board galleries. In other words the photo must have a web address. Then you simply hit the "IMG" button in the new post, or post reply screen, type in the address to the photo, and it will show up in your post. Like this:

Dive Safe,
Rooster

PS. What kind of fish is this?

 

[Rick Murchison]

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Harlequin Filefish or Orange Spotted Filefish in the aquarium interest. The most commonly offered member of the family... and rarely alive for more than a week in captivity. In the wild almost only eats Acropora polyps.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/filefish.htm
Rick

 

[Rooster]

Originally posted by Rick Murchison
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Harlequin Filefish or Orange Spotted Filefish in the aquarium interest. The most commonly offered member of the family... and rarely alive for more than a week in captivity. In the wild almost only eats Acropora polyps.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/filefish.htm
Rick

Actually not a juvenile, but this was taken at night. At night they hide in different places than you find them during the day. As you mentioned they eat stag horn coral polyps, so that's where you always find them during the day time. At night I never see them in the stag horn, but find them in the grass or other branch areas. At night the colors are more subdued and tend to blend more with their surroundings. This one was taken on the same night, but was hiding in a bush branch that had fallen into the water, notice the very different shadings.
Dive Safe,
Rooster