Help to ID these fishes from Sea World?

[Seafan]

Hi folks,

Happy Holidays! we went to the Sea World last week, and got these pictures -

TIA.

 

[espocrespo]

1.Starry Blenny
2.
3. Neon Dottyback
4. trimma rubromaculatus
5. Longspine / Blue Cheek Cardinalfish

 

[SDguy]

2 looks like a scat of some sort?

 

[Jagermeister]

2. Spotted Scat

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/perches/SpottedScat.php

 

[username in use]

1 is shaped like a starry blenny, but the color is off, mine has never exhibited that coloration. Is it sitting on a gigantea?

 

[Seafan]

1 is shaped like a starry blenny, but the color is off, mine has never exhibited that coloration. Is it sitting on a gigantea?

Yes it was sitting on a giant clam.

 

[Seafan]

thanks for the replies, here is a few more:

 

[mickeyray]

last one looks like an Antennata Lionfish

 

[Seafan]

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[phil519]

The two butterfly fish appear to be chaetodon ocellatus aka the Spotfin Butterfly.

Which sea world was this located at? FL? CA?

 

[phil519]

i am not sure on these - 10 appears to be an adult chevron tang?
12 is a lyretail anthia.

 

[phoenixstar89]

10 is a tomini tang

 

[SDguy]

12 is not a lyretail. Looks like maybe townsendi or marcia.

 

[Seafan]

The two butterfly fish appear to be chaetodon ocellatus aka the Spotfin Butterfly.

Which sea world was this located at? FL? CA?

it's at San Antonio, TX.

 

[Seafan]

more from SW -

more from SW -

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#16

 

[SDguy]

13. Acanthurus chronixis (Mimic tang)

14. Ecsenius stigmatura? (tailspot blenny)

15. Cirrhilabrus solorensis? (solar wrasse)

16. Pseudochromis fuscus (yellow pseudochromis)

 

[FMarini]

thanks for the replies, here is a few more:

This is Pterois sphex-- hawaii'an lionfish, or sphex lionfish, its not P antennata
You can differentiate it from P Antennata (which it is commonly misidentified too) by the lack of eyespots on the pectoral fins, whereas P antennata posses a row of eyespots. Otherwise P antennata is indo-west Pacific and p Sphex is hawaiian islands

 

[atreyu917]

very nice pictures!

 

[Seafan]

This is Pterois sphex-- hawaii'an lionfish, or sphex lionfish, its not P antennata
You can differentiate it from P Antennata (which it is commonly misidentified too) by the lack of eyespots on the pectoral fins, whereas P antennata posses a row of eyespots. Otherwise P antennata is indo-west Pacific and p Sphex is hawaiian islands

Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[Seafan]

very nice pictures!

thanks!