One easy, one difficult ... at least for me

Posted May 22nd, 2011 by MartinDick

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I tried my hardest to identify the fish in the first two photos. I went through Reef Fish page by page. I didn't try the DVD, because I really did not know how to attack it. I know neither is the best possible photograph. The fish is about two-inches long. Can any of you identify the fish? How? St. Vincent, 52 feet, bottom temperature 80 degrees Fahrenheit, April 5, 2011.

I feel certain the bottom photo is a blue angelfish. I would appreciate it if someone would confirm it, and tell me how to rule out a Townsend angelfish. Molasses Reef, buoy M3, Key Largo, Florida, May 18, 2011, 24-feet deep, bottom temperature 82-degrees Fahrenheit.

Thank You,

Marty

Yellowhead Wrasse, and Blue Angelfish

Submitted by pipehorse on Sun, 05/22/2011 - 12:47.

I believe the first two pics are juvenile yellowhead wrasse. The third pic is a Blue Angelfish

Thank you

Submitted by MartinDick on Sun, 05/22/2011 - 16:06.

Perfect. Of all the fishes I looked at in Reef Fish, the only one I wrote down as a possible was yellowhead wrasse.

Thank you so much.

Marty