Can We play Again?? Fish ID game???

[myerst2]

I know it got exhausted, but with the revamp of the site, thought maybe we'd have another go. I believe coralite is the bobby fisher of the game. I'll begin. Easy goes it at first. Rules for those who have not seen the prior one. Post a pic of a fish, "lets start with full shots intially" and the first to get it right gets to post a pic of a fish. T

 

[DFS]

Pseudanthias bicolor

 

[tcmfish]

Oh boy. Let the games begin!

 

[Recty]

Pseudanthias bicolor

Now you're supposed to post the picture of the next fish, or do we have to wait for myerst to say if you are correct or not?

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

Pseudanthias bicolor

I agree that it is probably a Hawaiin bicolor anthia. The fish in this video looks very similar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJo6eUQxk44

 

[tcmfish]

Kevin is busy, he knows the rules.

 

[mikeBurchett]

Wow! Impressive fish. Where can I buy one of those?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Alright, since Kevin is busy I will post one, no shortage of photos here

 

[DFS]

I was actually trying to play by the rules and wait for Myerst2 to respond with the answer as he posted the image.

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Ah, nvm then

 

[DFS]

No worries Luiz,
Your image is a good one for this game! Based on the solid black eye, caudal fin edge of thin white as opposed to a thicker band of yellow in Acanthurus pyroferus, and the white rounded patch directly below the operculum as opposed to a white horizontal bar, I would say your fish is and adult Acanthurus tristis photographed somewhere in the Indian Ocean?

 

[kirkaz]

Alright, since Kevin is busy I will post one, no shortage of photos here

Acanthurus pyroferus X Acanthurus nigricans?????:hmm2:

 

[Luiz Rocha]

No worries Luiz,
Your image is a good one for this game! Based on the solid black eye, caudal fin edge of thin white as opposed to a thicker band of yellow in Acanthurus pyroferus, and the white rounded patch directly below the operculum as opposed to a white horizontal bar, I would say your fish is and adult Acanthurus tristis photographed somewhere in the Indian Ocean?

Absolutely right, Acanthurus tristis, photographed in Bali. It's juvenile mimics Centropyge eibli, but I never saw any juvies. Bali is one of the few places where you see both A. tristis and A. pyroferus swimming in the same reef; A. tristis is mostly an Indian Ocean species and A. pyroferus a Pacific species, but they overlap in Bali, Lombok, Java and Christmas Island.

 

[DFS]

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

Pseuanthias Aurulentus - another Hawaiian anthia.

What's the rule of this game? Sorry I have never played before.

 

[DFS]

ShrimpChipGal,
Correct, the Central Pacific Anthias- (Pseudanthias aurulentus) male from the Line Islands.

.....now its your turn to post a picture.

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

I feel like kind of a cheat on the last one cuz I do have them in my species tank.

Here is one that's even less common:

 

[DFS]

Pseudanthias flavoguttatus from Indonesia

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

Pseudanthias flavoguttatus from Indonesia

Correct. Beautiful, aren't they? I love the colors on their fins.

 

[DFS]

Time to make this a bit more challenging. For all of the Labroid fans.