Fish ID...

[mikeward500]

got this fish a week ago for free and all I was told was that it was not a damsel and they didnt know what it was. couldnt get picture on here but the are on my weebsite and they are the newest pictures on the "whats new" page Any help would be appreciated, its the big yellow fish with whitish body and now and then i noticed dark striping trying to come through vertically.

thanks,
mike

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[Kurt_Nelson]

Boy... if that's not a damsel, I don't know what it is. Check out this picture:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=132

Coloration is different, but the shape/form is exactly the same.

 

[mikeward500]

well, I thought it looked like a damsel and does have the blue in the tail, I think that is the fish only mine has the whitish body to it, possibly something one it matured, i dont know. lol

thankyou

mike

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

They probably told you it was "unknown" because they were afraid no one would take it if they said it was a damsel!

"Rare yellow/white notadamselisis sp."

 

[Devilishturtles]

I agree, it looks exactly like a damsel... or dwarf angel maybe? But I don't know and ID either.

 

[mikeward500]

well, Im not to worried about it being a damsel, right now all I have in my tank is a fire clown, jewel puffer, neon blue velvet damsel, 2 sally light foot crabs, a few large snails, star polyps, mushrooms, blue devil damsel, and a cleaner wrasse. So It may be the largest damsel in the tank but also the newest to for now its not too bad.

The tank is 90gallons with lots of rock for all the fish to hid in. The fire clownfish is the smallest fish in the tank but still claimed his own little cave. The only one I have yet to have a problem with was a small brown damsel that attacked everything including the yellow tang that I found cleaned to the bone but he has been removed now so the tank is doing good. The puffer just muches on my small snails/crabs and feather dusters so I dont keep many of them in the tank, only buy the odd small snails to keep his beak from overgrowing.

 

[roka64]

It looks like a Lemon Damselfish to me.

 

[mikeward500]

well, I think it looks alot like the yellow damsel but still being told thats not it and he cant remember the name of it. He has been in saltwater for over 18years, so I will continute my searching i guess

 

[mikeward500]

so far the next closest would be the "Hawiian Lemonpeel Angel" same body and shape although minor colour differences

 

[roka64]

Lemon Damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis)

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

so far the next closest would be the "Hawiian Lemonpeel Angel" same body and shape although minor colour differences

No way is it an angel. Look at the fins and compare the damsels and the angels. Fins are the key.

 

[usmcmarc]

I'm going with Lemon Damsel...Too close to be anything else

 

[Innovator]

Agreed with Amblyglyphidodon aureus.

 

[roka64]

Yours has better coloring. I'm not sure if the colors fade or change throughout it's life cycle.

 

[roka64]

Thanks James, that is a nice looking fish, Golden Damsel".
Golden Damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus