Philippines fish ID needed......taken off

[diver 85]

Cebu near Moalboal on a mandarinfish dive.......(I really think I'm having a brain fart---could it be some kinda South Pacific squirrelfish????-------nah....)...T(SM)IA........

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[Jim Greenfield]

Looks like Priacanthus blochii - Bloch's Bigeye. Lots of photos will vary because this fish adopts all sorts of colour patterns. The end of the tail looks straight but it is a slightly difficult angle to be certain. If it curves inwards, the ID will be Priacanthus hamrur, the Crescent-tail Bigeye

 

[diver 85]

Thanks so much Jim---ya'll guys are good......lol, I just knew it wasn't something as simple as a squirrelfish......thanks again.....