Juvenile Double Whiptail - Pentapodus emeryii
The Double Whiptail - Pentapodus emeryii is blue back grading to whitish lower body with thin yellowish stripe on back and wider mid-lateral strope; slender with pointed snout and elongate filament on each tail lobe.
Juveniles as in this picture is deep blue to purple with yellow to gold stripe back and a somewhat wider yellow to gold mid-lateral stripe.
Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
Uploaded Aug 13, 2017. Captured Aug 8, 2017 09:03 in Mabini Circumferential Rd, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines.