Can anyone verify that this is a Flounder

[Brian Drab]

The following fish got shipped with my live rock and wanted to see if you agree this is a flounder? I've actually never seen it swim until today (normally he's always buried under the sand) so took a quick video of it in case that helps to identify it.

Here's a couple screen captures I took from the video.

And here's the video if it helps with identification. Thank you!

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Looks like a wrasse of some type

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

They hide and sleep in the sand definitely a wrasse

 

[NeptuneRjo]

Flounder are a flatfish species so my guess is a type of wrasse

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Do you have coral might not be reef safe

 

[legionofdoon]

I know it sounds perverse but if that live rock came from Florida it looks like a slippery dick wrasse.

 

[legionofdoon]

 

[legionofdoon]

Google it I'm not making up the name lol

 

[Han]

+1 on slippery dick... I didn’t want to be the first to suggest it lol.

 

[legionofdoon]

Do you have coral might not be reef safe

I don't think it will mess with coral but kiss your inverts goodbye!

 

[evolved]

Halichoeres bivittatus

 

[Casket_Case]

That’s a sort of wrasse i believe

 

[legionofdoon]

Halichoeres bivittatus

That's the proper name but it's still known more commonly as what I called it. If you can get it out do so.. I had a blue head wrasse which are related and while a beautiful fish with a great personality it will eat every invert you have and then start turning on your fish. When I go snorkeling the species you have will follow me around waiting for anything to get exposed or stirred up.

 

[Brian Drab]

Thank you everyone!!! Could that be why all of my sea cucumbers have vanished?? I don't see anymore at all. No sign of them.

Thanks for the info.