[Coral-List] Fish ID

[Mark Tupper]

   Hi Alice,

   Ignore my last email. I just took a look at some of my old pictures of
   juvenile African pompano. This fish is not the same. Afrian pompano have a
   diamond-shaped body whereas this is more elongate, and there is a black bar
   through the eye which the African pompano does not have. I think Todd and
   Les are correct - it is probably Zu cristatus. I've never seen a juvenile
   before, but here is a photo identified as Zu cristatus that looks very
   similar to your fish:
   [1]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Zu_Cristatus.jpg.

   Les is right, fascinating fish and great photos. I think the hypothesis that
   the filaments mimic stinging jellyfish fits this little guy even better than
   the juvenile African pompano.

   Cheers,

   Mark
   On Thu Apr 26 9:55 , Alice Grainger sent:
   
     Dear All,
     This fish was recently spotted off Nusa Penida by the Aquatic Alliance
     team.
     [2]https://picasaweb.google.com/105427757386826601554/UnidentifiedFishNusa
     Penida
     So far no one has been able to ID it, though many suspect it is a juvenile
     of some description.
     Any help in identifying this remarkable fish would be gratefully received.
     Many thanks!
     Alice
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References

   1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Zu_Cristatus.jpg
   2. file://localhost/tmp/parse.pl?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2F105427757386826601554%2FUnidentifiedFishNusaPenida
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