Could this be my "wrasse"?

[noahm]

Here are a couple of pics of greater soapfish. Right area. The adult pics don't seem to have as prominent markings.

And here is what I have.

Please help as I do not want an adult soaper in here. Fish snatcher.

Thanks,
Noah

 

[liverock]

That is a soapfish...but the ones here do not get any bigger that what he is now....there was another fish, long skinny guy......dark...that was some kind of wrasse....

 

[noahm]

...hmm. I am pretty sure I would have noticed another wrasse-like fish . There were 5 clearly goby/blenny/jawfish types and then the soapfish. I thought that the soapfish was some kind of a wrasse until I couldn't ID it. You sure you sent a wrasse?

If that is all the bigger he gets, he should be ok. The florida fish article I found showed them getting several inches like the one in the third pic that the guy is holding. 'Eats smaller fish' in the article gave me concern. I don't think I could catch him even if I wanted to as he rarely makes an appearance.

 

[noahm]

So soapfish mystery solved, wrasse mystery deepens. I got a total of 6 fish. tiger goby, blue spot blenny, short squatty banded blenny, horned blenny, soapfish, and this is the ONLY one I have not really ID'd remotely: this can't be your 'wrasse' ?

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14513698#post14513698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by noahm
So soapfish mystery solved, wrasse mystery deepens. I got a total of 6 fish. tiger goby, blue spot blenny, short squatty banded blenny, horned blenny, soapfish, and this is the ONLY one I have not really ID'd remotely: this can't be your 'wrasse' ?

Hmmmm

don't remember sending you that many fish.....I think you had some hitch hikers there!

That one is not the one I was thinking of...my best guess...juvenile lizard fish, defiantly a future fuge resident!

 

[noahm]

Yeah, I don't remember seeing that guy in a bag. He popped up a few days later and I had to do a doubletake. Everything else is clearly blenny/goby type. Must have been a Mystery Wrasse...lol

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14515908#post14515908 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by noahm
Yeah, I don't remember seeing that guy in a bag. He popped up a few days later and I had to do a doubletake. Everything else is clearly blenny/goby type. Must have been a Mystery Wrasse...lol

Pretty sure is a lizard fish.....rare.....that small....neat critter in the wild...fearless...can pick the up from the bottom...they just look at you, like

ya what?

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface: