What is this fish? ID help.

[Fieryfrog]

I saw this fish on a youtube video I was watching.

Any clue what it is. I love it.

 

[Maritimer]

Looks like a scrawled cowfish, a plectognath. (related to puffers, triggers, filefish ... and the mola mola.)

Pretty, but potentially toxic . . .

~Bruce

 

[saltyhog]

And gets very large! Beautiful fish, I love seeing them in the wild!

 

[eatbreakfast]

I saw this fish on a youtube video I was watching.

Any clue what it is. I love it.

Yeah, a scrawled boxfish. They get pretty big, don't handle flow very well, don't compete for food well and will nip at some corals. They are however, peaceful, intelligent, curious, will interact with their owner, and one of the coolest aquatic pets around. They just need a system setup for their needs.

They have the potential to release their toxin and kill everything in the tank, but this only happens if getting picked on or stuck to a pump intake or overflow.

 

[Fieryfrog]

Beautiful fish. Best left in the wild.