Fish ID please?

[Cougra]

I've come another across a fish that I am having a hard time identifying. I believe it's a juvenile filefish of some sort however I not certain about that.

Here are some photos of the fish:

Note that it has some white scales that protrude from it's body that remind me of a tassled filefish (Chaetodermis pencilligerus) however they aren't quite as pronounced. You can sort of see them in this first photo if you look towards the bottom of the fish.

 

[lcstorc]

What a cute little fish. I wish I was better at IDs but I enjoy all of your neat fish pics. I learn something too.

 

[Cougra]

Thanks Lynn! I like trying to id fish that I haven't seen before however I spent about three or four hours straight looking for this one and can't seem to even figure out what genus it's from, although I have a few possibilities. The bigget problem for me is that I'm not familiar with all the different families and genus of fish so I find it hard to narrow some searches down.

 

[Witfull]

Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus

 

[Warnberg]

You know I was thinking it might be a trigger

 

[DeepBlue]

I tried to find one that looked close to what you posted, but nothing really matched up so far. But, here are a couple other sites to look at and see if you find something.

This is a good site for general species and has good images.
Surgeons, Triggerfish

Another interesting site for getting an ID is:
Identify a fish

 

[Cougra]

Thanks for the ID Dave!

Thanks for the links as well Kris.

 

[vdituri]

I really need to learn Latin.

 

[Boomer]

Sine Dave ID it for more pics just take the name he gave

Google > Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus> Images

Pseudobalistes - Google Image Search

vdituri

Pseudo = false > balistes = to throw, or like a catapult action > flavi = tending to yellow > margin = margins/borders > atus = provided within

 

[Cougra]

If you want to know more about the name of this fish here it is broken up a bit:
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Pseudo = false
Balistes = I'm not sure the direct translation of this one but it refers to the family all triggerfish are found in.
Flavus/flavidus = Yellow/Yellowish
marginatus = lined or margin

So this would refer to a "False Triggerfish Yellow-margined"

I've been interested in learning more about the latin/greek words that are commonly used for naming fish and have begun compiling a list of them located here if you want some more information or have any more words to add to the list!

Scientific Names

 

[Cougra]

LOL Boomer! You posted while I was looking up the translation! I'm sure yours are a lot more precise then the ones that I have though.

 

[Boomer]

Michelle mine come form a book I got a few months ago

A Source-Book of Biological Names and Terms, by E.C. Jaeger.

Balistes = I'm not sure the direct translation of this one but it refers to the family all triggerfish are found in.

Yes, I raced into that one and have should been more precise. It means to throw, as in a catapult. Their example is the trigger fish family They were probably giving the name to its catapult like behavior. I made the mistake at loking at another name above it also and then blneding the two. bali means spotted, and that "spot" should not be there so I removed it.

 

[Cougra]

Thanks for the clarification. I'm guessing that it would refer to the action given with the modified dorsal spine when it suddenly engages!