juvenile rockmover wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus)

Thanx for the ID!!!

February 12th 2013
Today I did the 2 most amazing dives I have done in the island! Dive 19. E Beach with Sandi and Arnie We dove the dive site Arnie’s way. We did a big circle to the right of the pipe starting wide open to the west and around and coming into the pipe to get back. To start off Arnie showed me a purple flatworm. I regret I didn’t spend more time on it with the magnifier glass. We saw a desirable ... read more

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17th February 2013

Jessica
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Fish ID
Hey! This is a juvenile rockmover wrasse :)

Kevin
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ID
No idea about the ID of any Pacific fish, but "juvenile razorfish" jumped into my mind as soon as I saw the pic. Cool fishy, though. :-)

Stu Ganz
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ID Please
Your picture above is of a juvenile rockmover wrasse. They are some times called dragon wrasses. They like to drift along the current blending into there surroundings as they forage for food. Adults use there teeth to pick up rocks in there hunt for food, thus there name.

4th March 2013

Xeaman
Cruising the Seven Seas

Thanx Stu. I am updating it : )

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