ID my new tank inmate please.

[Nugget]

Can anyone ID the bigger fish ( not the firetails )

[Mike C]

Looks a bit like a yellow perchlet.

[Bremmer15]

Looks alot like a gobbleguts. Not sure if thats a real name or nickname, but did you catch it near a wall or in shallows?

[Graeme76]

Gobbleguts is a nickname Bremmer, the proper name is Southern Cardinalfish. I don't know what the one in the photo is but I'm pretty sure it's not a gobbleguts, the head is a bit too pointy.

[Bremmer15]

Originally Posted by Graeme76

Gobbleguts is a nickname Bremmer, the proper name is Southern Cardinalfish. I don't know what the one in the photo is but I'm pretty sure it's not a gobbleguts, the head is a bit too pointy.

Fair enough, I spend more time lookin for the bream, probably why I'm not too accurate. Anyways, whatever it is, it's not something you should target!!!!!!

[Graeme76]

I've spent alot of years looking at subtle differences in aquarium fish so I'm fairly good at picking minor differences. That said, I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. Looks like something I'd be tempted to use as bait.

[Nugget]

I didn't catch them they are shop bought feeders the chick there couldn't tell me they were just mixed in with my 50 firetail I bought for my saw-shells.

[funfisher]

I kow them as glass perch

[chrislocke]

Originally Posted by funfisher

I kow them as glass perch

hahaha pretty much all those clear baitfish are glassies

[elops]

Its Ambassis agassizii

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by elops

Its Ambassis agassizii

Nailed it cheers!!

[Perky]

I was going to say we called them Agassizis Glassfish when we caught them at the local creeks many years ago. Is that the common name elops?

[elops]

Yes Peter one of them Olive Perchlet the most used common name.
Named after Louis Agassiz the father of 19th century fossil ichthyology among other things.