Fish ID help

harley3ky · Mar 27, 2015

Can anyone ID this wrasse?

eatbreakfast · Mar 27, 2015

It appears to be Scarus isertus, the striped parrotfish, it grows to about a foot.

evolved · Mar 27, 2015

I'm pretty convinced it's actually a parrot fish of the Scarus genus, but I'm trying to nail down the species.

evolved · Mar 27, 2015

Fishbase doesn't want to play nice right now, but Scarus iserti looks good to me as well.

harley3ky · Mar 28, 2015

I wondered if it could be a Parrot Fish but was told it was a wasse. I figured that I'm a novice so I have no clue

eatbreakfast · Mar 28, 2015

harley3ky said:
I wondered if it could be a Parrot Fish but was told it was a wasse. I figured that I'm a novice so I have no clue

Parrotfish are in the family Labridae, which includes all wrasses.

harley3ky · Mar 28, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Parrotfish are in the family Labridae, which includes all wrasses.

Now that you say that, I remember reading that.