some really strange fish - HELP!!!!

[mania]

OK - the first one is a master of camouflage - so thie fish is this part of the grass that is horizontal - not vertical. PLease help me - what is this - the photo was taken in Dahab - Red Sea. The second one looks a bit like a sea horse (it's face) and a bit like a snake. So which one???
Thanks
Mania

 

[Stirling]

OK - the first one is a master of camouflage - so thie fish is this part of the grass that is horizontal - not vertical. PLease help me - what is this - the photo was taken in Dahab - Red Sea. The second one looks a bit like a sea horse (it's face) and a bit like a snake. So which one???
Thanks
Mania

I think the first is a seagrass filefish, although I don't know exactly what variety lives in the Red Sea.

The second looks like some kind of pipefish, but I can't make it out clearly to help with a better identification.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/hcs3/index.htm

 

[rockbeauty]

I agree with Stirling, the first fish is definately a filefish and the second is either a pipefish or a pipehorse (same shape but different color than what I found). Try the www.fishbase.org for further search but maybe there is some better website out there!
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Solegnathus&speciesname=hardwickii

 

[DennisW]

What Sterling and rockbeauty said.

 

[scubamate]

Ditto, what they said.

 

[Wolverine]

yep, definitely filefish and pipefish. the first is a seagrass filefish (Acreichthys tomentosum), the second is a little tougher as the colours are not as clear, but it looks like a pointed pipefish.

 

[Stryker]

The second COULD possibly be a tubesnout also... hard to tell since I dont know the types of fish in your area well....