Wrasse ID

[DrH]

Cought this wrasse with a diy trap it changes colors to its surroundings and it has teeth similar to a parrot fish unlike the other wrasse I have..what is it called?

 

[Slocke]

Looks like a juvenile parrotfish to me. Unless you are talking about the Thalassoma Lunare in the back.
@i cant think @ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[DrH]

Talking about the front grayish one..so it’s not even a wrasse
So it will grow to a larger parrot fish? Might return him back to the wild as I’m transferring my current stock from nano tank to a 70g tank and I don’t think a parrot fish will be a good fit.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Looks like a juvenile parrotfish to me. Unless you are talking about the Thalassoma Lunare in the back.
@i cant think @ISpeakForTheSeas

Yeah, I would guess a juvenile Scarus species of some kind, as there aren't many parrotfish around the KSA (at least not commonly), and I don't think any of the species found there regularly from the other genera are a match. I'm not familiar with all of the Scarus species in the area though (there are too many for me to care to sort through at the moment, honestly).

 

[i cant think]

Cought this wrasse with a diy trap it changes colors to its surroundings and it has teeth similar to a parrot fish unlike the other wrasse I have..what is it called?

I can’t see the tail but my first thought was a Scarus ferruginus juvenile.
Then the barring lead me to possibly Chlorurus atrilunula.

The fact it’s in stress colours doesn’t help a ton as the colouration can become misleading.

 

[DrH]

You both are right it seems that’s the correct type. It’s his first night in the aquarium and it developed a dome of slimy cover around itself. Hopefully it didn’t mess the water but he’s definitely going back to the sea today.

 

[Slocke]

You both are right it seems that’s the correct type. It’s his first night in the aquarium and it developed a dome of slimy cover around itself. Hopefully it didn’t mess the water but he’s definitely going back to the sea today.

It’s the mucous caccoon it sleeps in. Nothing out of the ordinary