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Almost a full adult, only the 1st line above the tail is forked, exactly where the break is in other fish shown here

7th line up from the tail, close to the 'mask' has a broken line. The forked 1st line up above the tail is clearly seen

Yes you can eat this fish. The reason it needs careful handling is because of the barbs on the tail which are venomous!

Thank you to symbion for this wondeful picture of a painted frogfish in its cream phase.

Thank you so much to symbion for the wonderful head shot of this blenny, it's amazing!

this whaleshark has been identified as a male, and has been seen many times over the last 4yrs swimming around South Ari Atoll, Maldives. it is usually spotted at around 5m depth go to http://www.whaleshark.org/sharks.jsp?shark=M-031 for more pics and info

I checked out what you said, but still cannot find the matching wrasses, have thought they might be a type of Cardinalfish, or a juvenile of some sort!

submitted to Ecocean for Whaleshark identification

submitted to Ecocean library for identification

Hi Thank you for that, now you have suggested it I can see the resemblance. Do you think it is a juvenile or and adult?

Hmmmmmmm not sure I had thought of them along those lines!

Wonderful, my son nearly "shit" himself when he first saw it!!

Beautiful!

A new meaning to the bends! At least the bubbles are coming out!!

You would be grinning if you thought a tasty meal was on its way!! When they do bite its usually a quick nip and not too painful!

They are pussycats really as long as you don't leave your fingers around for them to nibble as I found out to my cost!!!

My favourite fish!