FISH ID

[ReisolnitsuJ]

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish this is? Spotted it at my LFS and I would like to do some research on it to see if it is a good fit for my tank. Thanks!

 

[BadFish619]

Wrasse, maybe dragon wrasse

 

[HOOPDEEZ]

Looks like a dragon wrasse, not reef safe

 

[AbnormalReefer]

I second dragon wrasse. Get huge and lose the pretty dragon patterning having a whiter head and blackish body. These guys reach a foot in the wild and will remove rock and rescape as they feel adequate in their search of food.

 

[lbiminiblue]

100% dragón wrasse. I owned one briefly. Super cool, but not reef safe. Will crunch any shelless crabs and shrimp, will motorboat along the sandbed so the flow in your tank carries the sand into a big pile, where he will dive in and sleep at night. Super cool behavior, but not if you want to be able to see your tank.

 

[Pbh-reef]

unless you have a very large tank with fish that can take care of themselves and no inverts this is not the fish for you. In the wild they spend their time lifting up rocks to find inverts to eat and will re-arrange your scape a lot.

 

[ReisolnitsuJ]

Thanks for the feed back. Doesnt sound like he will be a fit for me which is to bad cause I really like the way he looked.

 

[eggplantparrot]

Thanks for the feed back. Doesnt sound like he will be a fit for me which is to bad cause I really like the way he looked.

if you like how it looks now, search for a picture of a juvenile one. crazy cool looking but better left in the ocean lol

 

[OrionN]

Thanks for the feed back. Doesnt sound like he will be a fit for me which is to bad cause I really like the way he looked.

Scientific name: Novaculichthys taeniourus.
He will loose his horns after a short time, and he will look just like another wrasse. Not a bad looking wrasse but not anywhere as neat as a Juvenile. Max size of 1 foot.
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