Resolved What fish is this?

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by Biocube, Oct 3, 2012.

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  1. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    The fish is pretty small and stressed looking. It might just be a time thing for it to color up and change shape a tad. My Ornate Leopard wrasse looks nothing like it does now. Color and Shape.
     
    RedGambit, Oct 3, 2012
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  2. rc_mcwaters3

    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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    yellow tail cleaner wrasse?

    but I am with red on this one, there are literally millions of diffrent fish it could be
     
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  3. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    RedGambit, Oct 3, 2012
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  4. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Definitely agree it's a dottyback; I don't know them well enough to venture which species however.
     
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  5. rc_mcwaters3

    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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    Splendid dottyback

    if you google the images it seems to fit it better than live aquaria

    http://store.davesaquastock.com/ora-splendid-dottyback.html

    Live aquaria description:

     
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  6. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    splendid dottyback
     
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  7. Biocube

    Biocube Giant Squid

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    Looks like I will pass on that fish, I need to get rid of the Six Line Wrasse first to add anything more.
     
    Biocube, Oct 3, 2012
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  8. tinctorus

    tinctorus Feather Duster

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    I PROMISE you ts a dottyback, ive been doing this 15 years for a living...
     
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  9. budsbunny

    budsbunny Bristle Worm

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    looks like a good fish for the refugium hahahaha
     
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  10. IvIountainman

    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    I kinda looks like a albino sixline (is there such a thing?) Anyway it most certainly is a wrasse of somekind and only a couple are reef safe.
     
    IvIountainman, Oct 18, 2012
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