I checked with fishbase, and they were sure this was the Pygmy Filefish, so I follow their professional advice. Could you change this one to Pygmy Filefish?
I am not sure if this is the Pygmy filefish, because several (juvenile) filefish have these kind of skin tags according to my guide. Since it is so hard to identify it, I would like to check with other people if someone knows which fish this is.
Actually I don't think it is the Orange-spotted filefish, however looking again I think it could be the Pygmy filefish- Stephanolepis setifer, it looks like your fish has skin tags which this one has, check out the pictures on the internet and see what you think!
I was actually wondering if this wasn't a juvenile of the Orangespotted Filefish, it looks more like that one to me than a Slender Filefish. What do you think?
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Posted by @fishx6So could you let me know who your contact is within Fishbase so I can talk to them before I change these fish! Thank You
Posted by @JolineCuracaoI checked with fishbase, and they were sure this was the Pygmy Filefish, so I follow their professional advice. Could you change this one to Pygmy Filefish?
Posted by @JolineCuracaoI am not sure if this is the Pygmy filefish, because several (juvenile) filefish have these kind of skin tags according to my guide. Since it is so hard to identify it, I would like to check with other people if someone knows which fish this is.
Posted by @fishx6Actually I don't think it is the Orange-spotted filefish, however looking again I think it could be the Pygmy filefish- Stephanolepis setifer, it looks like your fish has skin tags which this one has, check out the pictures on the internet and see what you think!
Posted by @JolineCuracaoI was actually wondering if this wasn't a juvenile of the Orangespotted Filefish, it looks more like that one to me than a Slender Filefish. What do you think?