ID game!!

[yikai]

Hi reefers,

it's been a very long time since we've last played the ID game!

care to play again?

there's no prizes this time but that's not saying there won't be in the near future. but i thought maybe we could just play for fun

here's something easy for starters.

anyone can guess the name of this anthias?

so everytime someone guesses it right, i'll put another picture and the game continues on and on. it could be anything from fish, to corals, to inverts and etc etc! anything goes here!

and hopefully we all learn something new everyday

[veliferium]

Pseudanthias privitera

[yikai]

Pseudanthias privitera

wow close! but not quite!

[Digiman]

Pseudanthias privitera

Good try but no, not as rare as privitera anthias. May appear in singapore thru hawaii shipment, but the fish is not caught in hawaii.

Try again:)

Below is a privitera anthias, u can see it's more yellow than the anthias above. SO the above is not privitera!

[yikai]

come on people!

jiayou!

[cjh]

pseudanthias ventralis??

[yikai]

pseudanthias ventralis??

nope.

Pseudanthias ventralis is another beautiful and rare anthias, but it's not that!

good try though!

[Digiman]

pseudanthias ventralis??

Nope not ventralis either.

Below is ventralis:

U can see the body shape is totally different, so the anthias above is not ventralis.

Try again

[veliferium]

Pseudanthias aurulentus

[yikai]

Pseudanthias aurulentus

yes. good job!

this is the Aurulentus anthias.

It is found in Kiribati and the Line islands.

excellent job!

[yikai]

Ok here's the next fish.

something easier for everyone to guess, then it will get progressively harder!

[cjh]

holacanthus africanus??

[yikai]

holacanthus africanus??

good job!

that's the juvenile of the africanus angel!

as an adult, it will turn brown.

[yikai]

ok here's the next fish.

this one is even easier!

a lesser known fish and it's an iconic relic of Hawaii! an occasional aquarium import.

[veliferium]

chaetodon fremblii

[iskay]

Aiyoh Lemon, edit out the photog's name lah~

[yikai]

chaetodon fremblii

yup.

Bluestriped butterfly. beautiful fish from hawaii but doesn't garner much interest.

Aiyoh Lemon, edit out the photog's name lah~

oops! thanks for reminding

but it's photographer's credit haha.

[yikai]

next fish will be posted by digiman.

so happy to see our forum members so enthusiastic in playing this game.

come come more people join in! when the guessing gets harder, we're goign to need more people. hehehe

[iskay]

yup.

Bluestriped butterfly. beautiful fish from hawaii but doesn't garner much interest.

oops! thanks for reminding

but it's photographer's credit haha.

LOL. Credit's definitely due to the photog. however, google the photog's name, all the photos came out liao....

[Digiman]

Ok here goes,

for this fish ID i need scientific name as the common name can be misleading.

Hint: This fish is occasionally available in our LFS thru philippines shipment but most pple including the LFS owner dunno wat this fish is. Both females and males are seen in the pic above. Remember provide the scientific name!

[yikai]

Ok here goes,

for this fish ID i need scientific name as the common name can be misleading.

Hint: This fish is occasionally available in our LFS thru philippines shipment but most pple including the LFS owner dunno wat this fish is. Both females and males are seen in the pic above. Remember provide the scientific name!

OH!

this one is tricky

[cjh]

Pseudanthias Pascalus??

[yikai]

Pseudanthias Pascalus??

i am impressed!

[Digiman]

Pseudanthias Pascalus??

Well done!

There are two types of purple queen anthias from philippines, Pseudanthias Tuka and Pseudanthias Pascalus.

Males are hard to distinguish but females and juveniles are v easy to tell the difference! Tuka has a yellow stripe on the back whereas pascalus dun hav.

This is a female Tuka purple queen:

This is a female Pascalus Purple queen:

So next time when u are at LFS to buy purple queen, ask yourself whether u are catching tuka or pascalus

[Digiman]

Mux up the challenge.

Try ID this one, it's not hard.

Hint: This fish is a wrasse of course. It can be found in CF now! Occasionally will appear in LCK also! Cheap and beautiful wrasse but not v reef-safe cos will disturb shrimps.