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[Kharon]

OK - I know the pictures are pretty bad. I took snapshots from video. If they are too bad I'll put the video on Vimeo or Utube but I wanted to try this first.

At first I thought either tobaccofish or chalk bass but I'm now leaning to some kind of immature parrotfish. It was very small - probably around 2 inches.

 

[tursiops]

Maybe a Puddingwife, says my wife, the fish geek.

 

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[Kharon]

Oops?

 

[KeithG]

the pics are very hard to make out. so give us the videos...

from the pics i note a couple of things that make me want to say tobacco fish, but i am not sure as it does no look quick rght
- the distinct irregular while bands on the top
- swimming just above coral rubble

Getting a better look at the tail or eye or side of the body or mouth would help. These are all quite distinctive on a tobacco fish.

It is not a chalk bass due to the white bars.

I do not think it is a juv puddingwife, again based on the white bar pattern on the back.

 

[crabbyfiddler]

It looks like a juvi pudding wife to me, too. The five white bands and what appear to be specks. Hard to tell.

 

[Kharon]

Here's the vid:

 

[tursiops]

It is a Puddingwife, juvenile. Notice the big black spot at the rear middle of the dorsal.

 

[KeithG]

Agreed - not a tobacco fish.

Based upon the body movement! Tobacco fish are more like Barracuda in that they do not bend their bodies (much). They stay straight and move about mysteriously.

 

[Kharon]

Confirmed - baby puddingwife. white stripes, black spots on the back, black dot on the tail - page 216 Humann & DeLoach.