Fish ID from the Denver Aquarium

Fitz19d

Bat Fish
M.A.S.C Club Member
#1
Saw this guy, I know I've seen them before but cant remember what it is for life of me. The orange and white speckled one in top right. Soapfish stuck in my head but pretty suire that isn't right. No it's not a big clown. Fairly active swimmer in one of their wide tanks.
 

Fitz19d

Bat Fish
M.A.S.C Club Member
#3
Know what kind? Spotted sweetlips dont have the markings in the spots this does, at least from most of my GIS searches. If it is the same, guess not on my wishlist, changes as adult.
 

SkyShark

Dolphin
M.A.S.C Club Member
#5
Tough to tell from the pic. I'm not super familiar with the various species, but I think most change pretty significantly between juvenile and adult coloration.
 
#6
It looks like a Juvenile Harlequin Sweetlips also called a Spotted or Clown Sweetlips. As a juvenile the color and movement of the fish mimic's a poisonous flat worm. As an adult it looses this coloration and turns more whitish cream color with black spots. It can also grow to about 28 inches! But I've not ever seen one that was kept in an aquarium grow over 12 inches.
 
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