Show Your Skills on ID

[myerst2]

So thought it would be nice to see who has the best ID Fish skills.

So this is how it works. I post a picture of a fish and whoever gets it first with scientific and common name, many will not have a common name. So if you get it right first you get to post a picture of your choice and then game goes on...................

So I will make the first one easy to get the game going but expect them to get harder. It is a great way to learn new fish. T

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Bodianus sanguineus

 

[Grouperhead]

sunset wrasse for the common name - very deepwater Hawaiian wrasse

 

[Hormigaquatica]

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Paraplesiops meleagris - Blue Devil

 

[Hormigaquatica]

No sir... close, but try again

 

[myerst2]

Correct on all accounts. Since Aurora posted no follow up test, here is one a little harder.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

err.. one moment

 

[myerst2]

That is not a blue devil?

 

[myerst2]

ok poweri

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13646220#post13646220 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myerst2
That is not a blue devil?

Nope.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

It is, I got the species wrong. It's Paraplesiops poweri..

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13646228#post13646228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myerst2
ok poweri

There you go

 

[myerst2]

So I am sure you will get that anthias. Try this one.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

1st = Pseudanthias taeniatus

2nd = Anthias Anthias - Swallowtail Anthias

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Hmm.. the name escapes me on that first Anthias.. I want to say Pseudanthias albofasciatus....?

 

[AuroraDrvr]

If it is Anthias Anthias, here's one.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13646269#post13646269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
Hmm.. the name escapes me on that first Anthias.. I want to say Pseudanthias albofasciatus....?

ack.. way off

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Chaetodontoplus niger

 

[myerst2]

Is that a niger?