Fish identification please (photo)

[pitcrew]

Hi all hoping you can help identify this fish for me, it was taken in the red sea Egypt

[ejit]

a type of damsel ?

[cl0wn]

looks like a type of jack.

[cl0wn]

hmmm, could be a golden pilot jack. (gnathanodon speciosus) aka golden travally (juvenile colouration).

[pitcrew]

WOW well done!!!!!!!!!!!!
just done search on golden pilot jack looks identical!

it was an amazing experiance when i was in egypt sitting on the shoreline with my snorkeling gear on and this little fish swimming in and around my legs and arms to realise it was one of the young of all the big silver fish that were schooling aorund our resort

[cl0wn]

going to egypt again in feb, can't wait, going to the hilton at sharks bay. taking the underwater cam so hopefully will get some nice shots. where did you go?

[pitcrew]

we went to hurgarda best weeks of my life such amazing sea life cant wait to get back out there!!! went out reef snorkeling for the day also to a remote island but to be hounest the mass of fish on the resort was brilliant!

[cl0wn]

you gotta get a canon powershot d10, wish i'd have got one years ago (except you couldn't get them then?!?!?) ask santa!
http://www.reefcentral.co.uk/showthr...orkelling-pics

[pitcrew]

cool looks great i have a nikon d5000 hoping to try it in a bag :D

[cl0wn]

cool looks great i have a nikon d5000 hoping to try it in a bag :D

that's exactly how i knackered my coolpix.