Fish ID

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  vogelcommando

• 10 Dec 2013

June 15 2013

 

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  gentle lemur

• 10 Dec 2013

Common batfish, Platax orbicularis.

Alan

 

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  Chlidonias

• 10 Dec 2013

agreed. I like the juveniles best though.

 

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  Hix

• 11 Dec 2013

Personally, I prefer the juveniles of P.batavianus and P.pinnatus.

Are we sure this is orbicularis and not boersii?

 

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  vogelcommando

• 11 Dec 2013

Thanks for the answer !

 

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  gentle lemur

• 11 Dec 2013

Hix said:

Personally, I prefer the juveniles of P.batavianus and P.pinnatus.

Are we sure this is orbicularis and not boersii?

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I don't know about Chlidonias, but I'm not sure. On the other hand, I'll bet a penny to a pound that the label on the tank said orbicularis if it said anything.

Alan

 

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  Chlidonias

• 11 Dec 2013

I hadn't heard of boersii so that's why I thought orbicularis

 

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  gentle lemur

• 12 Dec 2013

After checking the illustrations on FishBase, I am very confident that these are orbicularis - but I'm not stupid enough to say that I'm 100% certain

Alan

 

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  Hix

• 12 Dec 2013

OK, lets leave it at orbicularis then. My books say that boersii has more yellow than orbicularis, and orbicularis usually has some black dots randomly scattered on its side. That's the only reason I posed the question.