At the LFS today WTF is this!?!

The Zigman · Aug 12, 2008

its about 9" tall..

is this a mono sabae?

NewbieFish · Aug 12, 2008

Isn't that a marine fish considering its tankmate is a blue tang?

Virtuoso2K12 · Aug 12, 2008

i think its some sort of a bat fish???

Rbishop · Aug 12, 2008

Don't know, but it is nice looking.

Dangerdoll · Aug 12, 2008

I would have assumed Bat fish too but with it's fins deformed maybe due to stunting. Not many folks realize the heights these fish require...

Hooked Newbie · Aug 12, 2008

Hope that's not a Brackish tank....

The Zigman · Aug 12, 2008

Dont adult MonoSabae require full SW? thats why I thought it was one.

He wasn't there last week, they must have taken him in from a customer...

Reefscape · Aug 12, 2008

Looks like a type of orbiculated batfish, posibly a juvenile platax orbicularis...

Dangerdoll · Aug 12, 2008

but even as juvies, don't they still have a bit of height to their fins?

The Zigman · Aug 12, 2008

definately maybe...

Has the same body shape for sure!!

poor guy's coloring is all jacked up!