LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
phuzzykins, yours looks more like S. stellatus, not S. punctatus.
Gold Spotted Foxface
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Reeftanks6
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I was thinking the same thing Lobsterofjustice
phuzzykins
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What's the defining characteristic that would identify it as a stellatus as opposed to a punctatus?
Reeftanks6
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The dots on the body and also the body color. your foxface has brown spots on it and is a light tan kind of color. While the punctatus has orange spots and blueish color body around the dots. They have the same body shape just not the same colors i guess.
phuzzykins
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I suspect it could easily come down to lighting conditions and camera settings, in that case. You may be right, but I'm not convinced either way.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
From what I can tell:
brownish yellow on tan = stellatus
Gold on blue = punctatus
orange on tan/blue with yellow spot near tail = guttatus
I should note that not only are these labeled incorrectly not only at many LFS but also online a lot at stores, photo sites, etc. If you google search one, pictures of the others seem to come up.
Not talking down your fish or anything - it looks great! Good picture too.
brownish yellow on tan = stellatus
Gold on blue = punctatus
orange on tan/blue with yellow spot near tail = guttatus
I should note that not only are these labeled incorrectly not only at many LFS but also online a lot at stores, photo sites, etc. If you google search one, pictures of the others seem to come up.
Not talking down your fish or anything - it looks great! Good picture too.
Reeftanks6
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Yes lobester completely agree with you
phuzzykins
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Keep in mind that my tank has 10k lighting and no actinic supplementation right now... there's some blue and a bit of a more intense gold/orange when the actinics are running.
I'm not offended at all, and I love Darlene (for that is the fish's name) just the same either way.
I'm not offended at all, and I love Darlene (for that is the fish's name) just the same either way.
Reeftanks6
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I dont think you should be offened at all you have a beautiful fish. But i dont think the lighting is going to do much to change the colors of the whole fish.
Cultivatedcoral
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I agree. It's not the lighting. My Punctatus has a bluish body and orange spots under any 10K or higher.
Reeftanks6
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Yea it could be but i am not sure
