UnID hog... Can anyone help me??

[unicornis]

I bought this hog from my fren's shop. It came in a shipment from maldives and its the only one in the whole shipment. I took it home with me, at first i thought it was a juv masudai but from what i know, masudai only comes from japan and taiwan.

This is a pic of it(i think pic quality is good enough for a decent ID).. Its abt 2/1/2 inches, quite slim.

can anyone help me ID it? Thanks in advance....

 

[achillesheel]

Terelabrus rubrovittatus?

 

[unicornis]

Could be from the terelabrus family but should not be rubrovittatus ...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742924&highlight=bodianus
palmer59's terelabrus

Notice the bottom jaw of my fish has some yellowish pattern but the one palmer59 has does not have any pattern on the lower jaw

 

[unicornis]

Eh upz for myself Can anyone ID it.. I guess its the maldive variant of the terelabrus rubrovittatus

 

[nts9]

hologymnosus?

 

[bromion]

Do you have more pictures? Some with more details of the fins/tail would help.

 

[Amphiprion]

There is only one species in the genus Terelabrus at the current time, which is T. rubrovittatus.

 

[unicornis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7237281#post7237281 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bromion
Do you have more pictures? Some with more details of the fins/tail would help.

I will try to get more pic of it soon

 

[unicornis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7238897#post7238897 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
There is only one species in the genus Terelabrus at the current time, which is T. rubrovittatus.

In fishbase.org under T. rubrovittatus, there a description that a new variant of this fish was found in maldive so i guess probably this is the one

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7241752#post7241752 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unicornis
In fishbase.org under T. rubrovittatus, there a description that a new variant of this fish was found in maldive so i guess probably this is the one

That would be my guess.