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Looks like a juvenile parrotfish to me. Unless you are talking about the Thalassoma Lunare in the back.
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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.
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.
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).
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I can’t see the tail but my first thought was a Scarus ferruginus juvenile.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?
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.
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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.
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It’s the mucous caccoon it sleeps in. Nothing out of the ordinary
