need help on id (description only)

[adtravels]

I saw a number of these fishes for sale at the week end They were being sold as high fin hawkfish but i am not sure they looked like basslets in the mouth and eyes the egg shaped eye. They ranged in size from 2cm to 4 cm They had an extended first couple of rays on the dorsal fins which were a cream/yellow the rest of the fin was red as was the rest of the body which also had sort of a crazy paving pattern.

I have search hawks and basslets but cant seem to find them, They come from the asia pacific region I think perhaps singapore.
they all had the destinctive high fin.

thanks if I cant get an id I may just have to buy one!

 

[SDguy]

Genus Rabaulichthys; Sailfin Anthias possibly? 2cm??!! That's TEENY TINY!

 

[adtravels]

all these fish were on the bottom of their holding tanks not mid water swimming
hmmm its bugging me now

 

[SDguy]

Don't let that be an ID factor. Anthias, for example, often sit on the bottom of the tank when in holding/stressed.

Go back and take a pic

 

[adtravels]

been trawlin the fish books and think I might be on to somthing

Ellerkeldia sp (seapearches)
just wondering howw common they are in the trade and prices

 

[adtravels]

or possibly a hamlet
hypoplectrus

 

[adtravels]

one more serranus sp

 

[adtravels]

doh this is it
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/hawkfish/geometricpygmyhawk/

 

[Jeffrey Porter]

it's a great fish. sadly mine was just eaten a couple weeks ago. when i come home from work today i'll post a pic of the recently departed. was my favourite fish in the tank. i need to get another or maybe a small group.

 

[zemuron114]

what ate it??

 

[Jeffrey Porter]

a uniform reef eel. if you have ever seen one, their mouth is so small i couldn't even stick my pinkie finger into it.