Please help ID new Fish

[nemosworld]

I got this little guy from one of my local stores, I don't usually buy something I don't already know what it is, however I just could not pass him up.
store owner could not id it as it was not on his purchase list.

thanks in advance!

 

[Omega_rains]

Some type of bass or hog fish.

 

[Fishfirst]

Definately a Cheilinus species... maybe C. arenatus?

 

[spy_spy]

how about Cheilinus orientalis

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Looks live a juvenile Maori wrasse, Cheilinus sp. Some of them get huge, I would try to get a positive ID and see if you have a tankbuster there.

 

[nemosworld]

how about Cheilinus orientalis

I think you got it, Thanks guys!
going to look into this now.

Edit: found a better pic and description:
LABRIDAE - Oxycheilinus orientalis

Category Fishes
Phylum CHORDATA
Class ACTINOPTERYGII
Order PERCIFORMES
Family LABRIDAE
Species Oxycheilinus orientalis
Species Remarks
Common Name Slender Wrasse
Locality Cebu. Mactan Island. Philippines. 25 m. 2005
Photographer Philippe Poppe
Picture ID 917064

 

[dvmsn]

Very cool fish.

 

[nemosworld]

here is some video of them in the ocean:http://www.fishbase.us/Videos/SpeciesVideos.php?speccode=5601

 

[Fishfirst]

Is there a black spot on the dorsal fin or not? in the picture it looks like it... but that could just be a clear spot where the black background comes through. If it does, I doubt its C. orientalis.

 

[Omega_rains]

That's a Wrasse Dude - the same one I bought being told it was a species of Hogfish..

It decimated my tank when it hit larger...

 

[randomfishguy85]

That's a Wrasse Dude - the same one I bought being told it was a species of Hogfish..

It decimated my tank when it hit larger..

hogfish are a type of wrasse