Fish ID - Basslet Tribe

Yellow with 5 bluish/purple horizontal stripes outlined with red stripes

dorsal fin has a large black spot and is bordered by a blue ring

anal fin lacks black spot

caudal fin with two separate black spots and separated by blue rings

Candy Basslet

Body and fins are red

yellow band from snout to tip of eyes

The caudal fin has a bluish/white margin and an inner black band

dorsal and anal fins have small black spots and bluish white margins at tips

spot on anal fin, but can be small or absent

Cave Basslet

Head is slamon with a yellow stripe from tip of the snout through the eye to the corner of the operculum

The upper 1/3 of the body is yellow and the lower 2/3 is salmon-colored

dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins are yellow

“has a yellow eye stripe” → _____

Eyestripe Basslet

Yellowish with 5 red/brown stripes each bordered with pink/red stripe

dorsal and anal fin have large balck spots with white margins

caudal fin has white margin and two spots that can merge

Peppermint Basslet

Red dorsally and at the bottom

has a reddish/brown stripe down the center of body from the snout back that is sandwiched by two yellow stripes that are outlined in white

caudal fin has a white margin and dark blotch

no spot on dorsal or anal

Wrasse Basslet

The upper half of the body is yellow and the lower half is white with some pink

top of the snout and over the eye is pink

A broad band of yellow spots along the mid-body and tail base

bright yellow stripe from tip of snout through eye to corner of the operculum

Yellow-spotted Basslet

The dorsal and caudal fins are yellow

upper and lower margins of caudal fin rays are tipped black

Pale red with yellow spots dorsally and paleer ventrally

A narrow yellow streak runs from tip of snout across the cheeks

A second streak goes from the eyes to opercular margin

continuous and unotched dorsal fin

Yellowtail Basslet