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Fish and coral in need of identification
Started by Kraken de Mabini ·
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Fish and coral in need of identification
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fish looks like Blennies, but it's hard to recognize which one from the picture
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I'm going to stick my neck on the line and suggest that is a scooter blenny:

They don't always have the sail up..
It is tough to see for sure in your picture.
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Hi Elias, if you mean the fish in the centre, it has the typical headshape of a Triplefin - I don't think it likely that you will get down to species level as a lot look vey similar and a closer view is needed. It is not on coral but a group of colonial tunicates, Clavelina sp. probably
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Thank you all for the i.d. information. The Clavelina diagnosis seems to be right on, the fish photo is not that useful for identification, Triplefin is a good estimate. Next time I visit Lembeh I hope to encounter and photo these critters again!
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This is a floral fangblenny (Petroscirtes mitratus). I expect this tunicate colony was on a mooring line, which is where you often find the floral fangblenny as well as its brethren the variable (P. variabilis) and shorthead (P. breviceps) fangblenny. Here is a floral fangblenny from Dauin (Philippines).
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Hi, Glasseye Snapper: Looks like you got it right, thank you! I hope to dive in Lembeh Strait next month and will look for more tang blennies, photo them if I am lucky.