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Three Fish from Bali
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I would say first one is a juvenile Oxycheilinus digramma. Refer to the 3rd pic on this page which is slightly older with the spots fading.
Second one juvenile filefish but I don't know which one. Juvenile filefish are a bit of a nightmare to ID.
Third is an emperor. Lethrinus something but I can't find a match for the marking either.
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#3 is a juvenile Longface emporer: Lethrinus olivaceus
Cheers,
Marli
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I would say the Filefish is a 'Minute Filefish' (as in 'small' not the measure of time) Rudarius minutus, but its missing the lines on the face. The black spot if u look it up further is only present on males. Looking at the size of it relative to the acropora coral to the right its seems about right.
Olly
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Was having a quick look for minute filefish and this thread popped up showing another pic of the wrasse.
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Thanks for all your help everybody:
Marli - I had considered longface emperor as the head shape is perfect but was put off by the dark markings. Never found any references to juvenile colouration anywhere
Nick - thanks for that. Had seen that pic but missed the fading spots
Olly - interesting but wonder about the head shape. Mouth parts and "face" seem a bit stunted compared to what few references/pics I can find. any views on that please? Anybody know any filefish gurus I could try?