Fijian McCosker Flasher Wrasse Question

[JakeK]

I'm familiar with the African and Sumatran phenotypes but not with the Fijian. Does the Fijian have a different color scheme than the others?

 

[eatbreakfast]

The representative of the mckoskeri complex within Paracheilinus that is found in Fiji is P. rubricaudalis, not P. mckoskeri.

 

[JakeK]

The representative of the mckoskeri complex within Paracheilinus that is found in Fiji is P. rubricaudalis, not P. mckoskeri.

Thank you.

Blue Zoo has McCoskers for sale listed as being from Fiji. That threw me off. Must be a typo.

 

[Baldguy]

Amongthereef also lists McCoskers from Fiji as well as from Vanuatu. LA lists them from Vanuatu which isn't far from Fiji. I wonder if there is a variant from that neck of the woods? fishbase.org also lists McCoskers in Fiji as well as Rubricaudalis.
http://fishbase.org/Country/CountryCheckList.php?resultPage=18&c_code=242&ext_pic=y

 

[eatbreakfast]

http://oceansciencefoundation.org/josf19b.html

Paracheilinus was reviewed last year. The species from the mckoskeri group from the Pacific are shown in figure 20.

Vanuatu representatives are rubricaudalis.

Fishbase is in sore need of updating. IUCN does not list Fiji or Vanuatu as part of mckoskeri range.

 

[Baldguy]

You're right. Fishbase does need updating.