Beach Fish

[reggaefish]

I found this little fish in some drifting seaweed at the beach and brought it to my salt water tank. I'm just not sure what kind of fish it is?? It is light brown/tan and about the size of a dime. It kinda resembles a tiny trigger fish??

Anyone seen these before? Sorry about the poor quality of the pic. My camera isn't a very good one.

 

[Toirtis]

Looks almost like a filefish of some sort, but it is impossible to be sure....can you manage a larger, closer, more detailed photo?

 

[got bait?]

Second the file fish thing. But a better pic would be nice for + ID

 

[steve-s]

Tassled filefish actually. Very unwise addition if this is anyway a reef/invert tank.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Toirtis]

Tassled filefish actually.

That was my first impression from the second photo, but the first looks less like a tassled to me....all I am familiar with are somewhat mature specimens...do juveniles have somewhat different colour/patterning?

 

[steve-s]

The first pic was too blurry to tell what it was, I was also refering to the second pic. As far as dimorphism from juv to adult, I have no idea. There are different color patterns within the species/by region AFAIK.

Tassled Filefish

Cheers
Steve