Fish ID Help

tobasdad

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Does anyone know what this is:
26536fish_pix.jpg


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/26536fish_pix_2.jpg
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
Quite frankly that picture is far to blurry and distorted to hazard a guess beyond it's a fish ;)
 
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