ID this fish please!

[Jon Fishman]

In a brazen effort, these pictures were unceremoniously stolen from @Paul B from a thread about @Paul B and the @Paul B methods.

And now, I realize that the thread @Paul B made lead someone to making a thread about @Paul B which lead me to making a thread about @Paul B (ok. just about this fish really)

So help with the @Paul B -ception

What is this fish please?!

 

[Pbh-reef]

The first fish is a hawkfish give me a second and I’ll remember the specific species. The second fish is a Pygmy geometric perchlet, similar in behavior to a hawk but in the Anthias family and much smaller. One of my favorite fish

 

[Pbh-reef]

Red hawkfish https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/203/?pcatid=203

 

[mort]

As above its quite funny the first is sometimes called a lyretail hawkfish which is a hawkfish that thinks it's an anthias, and the second is an anthias that thinks it's a hawkfish.

 

[Paul B]

I don't know, I went into a store, saw those fish and said "I will take them whatever they are"

And they have been in my tank for a few years so far. I rarely see either one of them although the Perchlet occasionally sticks his head out. The other one I may see once a month.
That isn't bad as I have two Gecko Gobies for a year or two and I have never seen the entire fish because they never come close to coming out.