fish id please.. yes another one

[Ozie_3]

Hi caught this little critter over at Peel Is near hole in wall... figure it to be some sort of wrasse but would be grateful if someone can pin it down to a species... i was going blind on google...thanks Chris
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[Ryan.S]

Looks like a Blue Tusk Fish to me mate. The colours around the head are a bit different but could be because its so young.

[chillihead]

looks like a purple wrasse mate !!

They do vary in colour, sometimes the background colour is blue or green or somewhere in between.

The males are usually more brightly coloured.

Hope this helps.

[baitmaster]

Tuskfish!!

[rude88]

I am pretty sure what you have caught is a clouded rainbowfish or clouded wrasse, (halichoeres nebulosus)(cuvier)grows to 4.5 inch.

[Stephen_Wilson]

:D definately a wrasse not sure what type though

[rude88]

after looking a little clooser i can now see that it is a "GUNTHERS" wrasse. Nice little fish and very good bait pincher.:)

[BobbyJ123]

G'day mate, looks much like the Hoeven's Wrasse.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4858

[Ozie_3]

after looking a little clooser i can now see that it is a "GUNTHERS" wrasse. Nice little fish and very good bait pincher.:)


Thanks guys, looks like rude88 hit it on the head.deffinately a gunthers wrasse.. there are probably hundreds of wrasse species and lots are very similar, as the hoevens (bobby) and the purple (chillihead) and clouded (rude88) also the leopard....
well this little feller is still swimming around sw peel is along with the moon wrass below and a meter long wobbygong that were caught yesterday, i had the grass tuskfish for dinner :D

thanks again for all the input, i appreciate it
cheers Chris

[marty+jojo]

Thanks guys, looks like rude88 hit it on the head.deffinately a gunthers wrasse.. there are probably hundreds of wrasse species and lots are very similar, as the hoevens (bobby) and the purple (chillihead) and clouded (rude88) also the leopard....
well this little feller is still swimming around sw peel is along with the moon wrass below and a meter long wobbygong that were caught yesterday, i had the grass tuskfish for dinner :D

thanks again for all the input, i appreciate it
cheers Chris
Have a look at the tail on your first pic and then take a look at your second pic....... guess again.
Marty

[Ozie_3]

g'day marty,
the first pic is the Gunther's Wrasse and the second is another fish the Moon Wrasse... both wrasses were caught at same spot yesterday, but different altogether, just didn't need the moon id'd
cheers Chris

[Outsider1]

The problem with identifying wrasses is the same species can vary considerably in their coloration etc depending on age, sex and/or location.

Here are a couple of links for an ID of a Gunther's Wrasse, Pseudolabrus guentheri.

I have post links to the photos in these links, see what I mean on coloration variations!;

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pguentheri.htm

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13155

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/images/pgunthhr2.jpg

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/images/pguenthr.jpg

http://www.divingthegoldcoast.com.au/images/a3799_sm.jpg

http://www.divingthegoldcoast.com.au/images/798_sm.jpg


Cheers


Dave

[Ozie_3]

The problem with identifying wrasses is the same species can vary considerably in their coloration etc depending on age, sex and/or location.



Cheers


Dave

Thanks Dave,
u r right about colouration, ive kept aquarium fish for nearly ever, albeit freshwater varieties mainly cichlids and aussie natives and they vary considderably depending on their local area, food ,time of year and breeding cycles...etc...
i used the markings in general ie.. facial lines, black spot at front of dorsal which also has a redish edge...a couple of the others sported occelated spots mid dorsal and/or caudal peduncle.... not saying that im 100% but round 95....close enough, lol...
they're pretty little fish, even with the Chad Morgan teeth ;D
cheers Chris

[Outsider1]

The problem with identifying wrasses is the same species can vary considerably in their coloration etc depending on age, sex and/or location...........

Cheers


Dave

Have a look at Karl's Pics from Norway thread and the series of Wrasse photos he has just posted . Perfectly illustrates how Wrasse change through their life cycle. Thanks Karl;

http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showthread.php?t=130652

Cheers

Dave