outstanding IDs

[clippo]

still haven't been able to firmly ID the fish below for my galleries.... some of them have been hanging around for a coupel of years now!

Anyone got any ideas? I'm obviously aware of roughly what they are, but I am really seeking a full scientific name along with a source if possible.

Here we go...

 

[espocrespo]

Hey clippo didnt know you were on RC, if i was to hazard a guess at the leopard wrasse it looks closest to Macropharyngodon meleagris, but i doubt it is.
they blenny is Enchelyurus flavipes

hang on im still going over the rest

 

[espocrespo]

the shrimp goby looks like either,
Amblyeleotris diagonalis
Amblyeleotris gymnocephala

im not sure which.

the naso looks like a juvinile naso unicornis

the damsel looks like a large
Pomacentrus smithi

 

[jdwreefer]

still haven't been able to firmly ID the fish below for my galleries.... some of them have been hanging around for a coupel of years now!

Anyone got any ideas? I'm obviously aware of roughly what they are, but I am really seeking a full scientific name along with a source if possible.

Here we go...

Top looks like Diagonal Bar Prawn Goby they have on LA: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+2109&pcatid=2109

Middle is a Vlamingii Tang mebbe?: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+389&pcatid=389

And the last pic is a Flathead Dragonet: http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=73239

Not that I know anything for sure, they just looked familiar from browsing live aquaria ^^.

 

[espocrespo]

and the cardinalfish is Apogon melas

 

[espocrespo]

actually me thinks the cardinal could be

Pterpogon mirifica

 

[joetbs]

that leopard wrasse looks more like M. bipartitus and the blenny is definitely not E. flavipes but Escenius lividanalis.

 

[clippo]

cheers - going to have a look at those now. Keep it going! ;-)

 

[espocrespo]

that leopard wrasse does look like a bipartitus a very small juvenile
that blenny looks like e.flavipes to me
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+23+2105&pcatid=2105

 

[EMT87]

im going to agree it does look like a bipartitus

 

[Luiz Rocha]

The second wrasse is Halichoeres prosopeion.

 

[joetbs]

that blenny looks like e.flavipes to me
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+23+2105&pcatid=2105

liveaquaria has an erroneous picture of E. lividanalis. this one below is E. flavipes. The mouth structure as well as body & color are completely different..

 

[AuroraDrvr]

The first damsel, just under the cardinal is a Chrysiptera rex. Or King Damsel.

 

[parrthed]

Hello,
Just a guess but the wrasse looks kind of like a Macropharyngodon choati (Choati wrasse)
Tang looks like a Naso brevirostris ( spotted unicorn fish) MIne looked exactly like this one when he was a baby they have the shorter snout than the regular unicorn tang.

 

[richie shepherd]

wow good guess

 

[espocrespo]

Clippo you been SS or Abyss recently?

i saw that conspic angel the other month along with them butterflies really nice, shame a bit pricey tho

 

[Korrine]

The shrimp looks like mine

 

[FMarini]

the cardinalfish is infact Apogon Melas, not pterapogon mirifica

the body shape is a bit different, but the colorations are similar black bodies w/ whitish cauduals and clear tails, Melas has those eyespots, mirifica has white blotches when spooked

 

[snorvich]

Hello,
Just a guess but the wrasse looks kind of like a Macropharyngodon choati (Choati wrasse)

It is definitely not M. choati. It may be a very young M. bipartus

 

[espocrespo]

the cardinalfish is infact Apogon Melas, not pterapogon mirifica

the body shape is a bit different, but the colorations are similar black bodies w/ whitish cauduals and clear tails, Melas has those eyespots, mirifica has white blotches when spooked

i said that in post number 6
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