Show Your Skills on ID

[LisaD]

I don't know what it is, but I'm dying to find out. It's ugly/cute enough to catch my interest.

 

[ryan115]

I dont know the species but off the top of my head Ill go with Cephalopholis spp.

 

[Matt_Wandell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14236131#post14236131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryan115
I dont know the species but off the top of my head Ill go with Cephalopholis spp.

Much smaller. The one in that picture is probably full grown.

Here's another shot of the same species.

 

[tcmfish]

Suttonia lineata

 

[Matt_Wandell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14238127#post14238127 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tcmfish
Suttonia lineata

Bingo-bango. It is either that or Suttonia suttoni, not really sure which.

You're up.

 

[tcmfish]

 

[Barracuda]

Callanthias Sp., Maybe australia?

 

[JHemdal]

Well, I'll guess Callanthias allporti, since the fish below it looks like Casioperca rasor and they are sympatric.

Jay Hemdal

 

[tcmfish]

Close.

 

[tcmfish]

The fish below is not Caesioperca rasor. It is lacking the black spot on the side. I don't know that fish, but I am pretty sure it is not Caesioperca rasor.

 

[JHemdal]

Well, with the pink head it could be Callanthias japonicus, but then that wouldn't be a C. rasor below it.

Jay

 

[JHemdal]

Juvenile C. rasors don't have the black spot...either that, or the ones I had were misnamed...

Jay

 

[tcmfish]

Your second guess is correct japonicus.

 

[JHemdal]

O.K.,

I'm pulling out all the stops on this one. I haven't worked with this species personally, but I did take the picture. Fishbase and Google images probably won't be of any help. In fact, of all the books in my library, only two have a picture of it - including one that I have a personal interest in (grin)...... Oh yeah, and I took the picture in Pittsburgh.

Jay

 

[Matt_Wandell]

Chrysoblephus sp., possibly C. anglicus?

 

[tcmfish]

Chrysoblephus gibbiceps?

 

[JHemdal]

Yep - its Chrysoblephus gibbiceps....

Jay

 

[tcmfish]

Someone else post one... I don't have a good one at the moment.

 

[ryan115]

I'll throw one out then...sorry for the pixelation, had to zoom in a bit

 

[tcmfish]

Aluterus scriptus, I believe we just had this one.