FISH ID NEEDED

[Fin Jackson]

Hi, I work at a LFS and we received a fish shipment with an unidentified fish labelled just labeled ‘wrasse’. I’m not even sure if it is a wrasse due to the fact it has a pretty prominent beak, looking more like a parrotfish then a wrasse. Any ideas on what it is would be greatly appreciated, pics and videos below. I did in the end take him home. Colouration is bright orange and black with kind of like and iron pattern.

 

[i cant think]

Hi, I work at a LFS and we received a fish shipment with an unidentified fish labelled just labeled ‘wrasse’. I’m not even sure if it is a wrasse due to the fact it has a pretty prominent beak, looking more like a parrotfish then a wrasse. Any ideas on what it is would be greatly appreciated, pics and videos below. I did in the end take him home. Colouration is bright orange and black with kind of like and iron pattern.

That looks to be a Gold Flake Wrasse - Labropsis polynesica

 

[Fin Jackson]

Thankyou so much, I couldn’t figure out for the life of me what it was. It’s deffinatly more orange then gold but that’s probably variation within the species.

 

[Slocke]

Could be australis or one of the other species. I would just call it a tubelip wrasse and warn that it only eats SPS.

 

[Fin Jackson]

Well I guess it’s time it to transfer tanks then. Shoulda guessed by them lips it has

 

[Fin Jackson]

Defiantly an Australis aswell, absolute beauty