Can anyone help me with an identification of this please?
They are quite common around Sint Maarten as fish that lead Caribbean Reef Sharks- but they clearly aren't Pilotfish. Some sort of Runner maybe? The markings are distinctive enough but I've been through the usual ID books a number of times and have drawn a blank so far.
Thanks
Juv. rainbow runner?
Thanks, Alex. Yeah I was thinking along similar lines. I thought it’d be easy to ID them but not so far.
Here's the pic in full for a size comparison!
This is not an usual sight here.
I've just found some pics of a juvenile Rainbow Runner and it does indeed look like that.
Google has these fotos of the adult Rainbow runner.
Is there a fish in that top photo?????
Thanks, Elias!
This photo, courtesy of Google, shows the Rainbow Runners to better advantage: