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Kauai Fish ID

Posted February 4th, 2010 by brownick

Looks like a triggerfish of some sort but not really fitting the profile of any I've been able to find so far. Any suggestions?

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That's it, thank you! Now I

On February 4th, 2010 brownick says:

That's it, thank you! Now I can finish that REEF survey.

Whitespotted Filefish, Cantherhines dumerilii

On February 4th, 2010 Louis says:

It looks like a Whitespotted Filefish, Cantherhines dumerilii. Adult males have orange peduncle (base of tail) spines. Here's a link to FishBase: http://fishbase.us/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5836

Louis

My best guess so far would

On February 4th, 2010 brownick says:

My best guess so far would be a female Bridled Triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum) though not really sure.