Fish ID Help

[tobasdad]

Does anyone know what this is:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/26536fish_pix_2.jpg

 

[ClamIAm]

Where did it come from and how big is it? From that picture I can't even figure out what order that fish is in.

 

[sapsap]

It looks like a cardinal.. Does it have black spots and faded yellow? and just floating?

 

[Arthur1]

Any better pics? Can't make out the head or mouth configuration

 

[linyreefer]

I think its a cardinal but the colors are strange.

 

[saveafish]

By the way the pectoral fin and dorsal fins are I would say a albino/morphed cardinal. But cardinal's usally have bigger scales. I wished I could make the pic out better.

 

[avp]

I vote...

I vote...

it's not a cardinal. My bet is a Two banded Soapfish (Diplioprion bifasciatum). Check out page 106 of S. Michael's "Marine Fishes"

-avp

 

[hawkey992]

A two banded soapfish would have more prominent black bars, but I think it may just be a varient or stressed out, I agree that it is a soapfish

 

[Anton M]

Looks like a goldfish.

 

[billsreef]

Quite frankly that picture is far to blurry and distorted to hazard a guess beyond it's a fish