It's really hard to tell. Use white light. If I had to guess, it looks like Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis or C finifenmaa. Either one is a way cooler and rarer wrasse.Hey ive got a fairy wrasse sold to me as a blue sided fairy, but it doesnt seem to match any of the color phases i can find online. Deep purple head, orange back half, blue stomach, and all 3 colors on dorsal and tail fins
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That’s Cirrhilabrus chaliasi, ruby headed wrasse
Found it on live aquaria and its the exact one, thank you! Looks like I got it about 40% off thanks to the misID.
The yellow wrasse is not a Coris wrasse but a Halichoeres wrasse so you already have a wrasse from the Halichoeres genus like the melanurus. A melanurus should work though there are less aggressive options.
Update, melanarus arrived a few weeks ago and so far it, the ruby head, and the coris are all doing great.The yellow wrasse is not a Coris wrasse but a Halichoeres wrasse so you already have a wrasse from the Halichoeres genus like the melanurus. A melanurus should work though there are less aggressive options.
Usually I’d suggest a variety of fairies but you already have the ruby head and that is a male of one of the feistier complexes.
The members of the right group, rubriventralis, often have long fins.
Other options are other flasher wrasse, other Halichoeres, does a dusky have “long fins”?, or a leopard.
Which one is now protected?
The filamented flashers, according to my LFS, also apparently kole and purple tangs are also near impossible to get without dropping 400 noe apparently so ill have to settle for a mimic or maybe a scopas.
