Cleaner Wrasse or False?

[jkv77]

Is this a true cleaner wrasse or a false one? I have two and one of them beat the crap out of one of my fish, so I moved him. This one I have not notice go after anyone. I want to make sure it truly was a cleaner. Any help would be great!

 

[Reefering1]

@Slocke

 

[fishguy242]

thinking false by the eye ??

 

[Formulator]

Looks like the real thing to me. The false ones have a more pointed mouth and a longer dorsal fin that starts closer to the eyes.

 

[Slocke]

Looks really like my real one but then so does that fake one…
I would say it is real but even a real one can attack other fish

 

[sc50964]

According to this video, the mouth is how to tell real from fake. The fake one has a shark like mouth while the real one has more of an equal upper and lower lips.

 

[i cant think]

Is this a true cleaner wrasse or a false one? I have two and one of them beat the crap out of one of my fish, so I moved him. This one I have not notice go after anyone. I want to make sure it truly was a cleaner. Any help would be great!

True cleaners, they’re d****, well and truly. I had one murder a couple Pencils, also murdered for my Laboute’s Fairy with a spinal injury.


It’s one fish I’d only keep again if I had 5-10 large bodied fish to keep it happy. Without that, they will go on rampages.