Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[eatbreakfast]

Any ideas? Thanks

Female Cirrhilabrus sp 'kwazulu'

 

[evolved]

Female Cirrhilabrus sp 'kwazulu'

Yup

 

[becks]

My lfs has these wrasse, I've not seen them before. What are they?

 

[eatbreakfast]

My lfs has these wrasse, I've not seen them before. What are they?

E Those are female Halichoeres timorensis. A very cool, peaceful Halichoeres species.

 

[evolved]

Males end up looking quite a bit different, fwiw.

 

[townjas]

Males end up looking quite a bit different, fwiw.

Could you post a picture of a terminal male? I have a juvenile/female but not sure what the mature looks like

 

[evolved]

Could you post a picture of a terminal male? I have a juvenile/female but not sure what the mature looks like

My fish, my photo:

 

[townjas]

Awesome.

 

[becks]

Very cool looking

 

[Paul87]

My fish, my photo:

Cool wrasse! At first glance I thought it was a leopard.

 

[Maritimer]

Color looks quite like a leopard, but the face is different ... and it's got ocelli on its dorsal . . .

Interesting that I thought the same thing about the females at first!

~Bruce

 

[evolved]

Scrutinize the skeletal structure of the skull, and then you'll find no trace of Macropharyngodon. :)

 

[Howieumd]

These are all wrasses in my QT that I received this week from ZoaCollector from his Vanuatu order. I know the Hooded on the right is the Efate variant. Can anybody confirm whether the Hooded on the left is a Tanna or Coral Sea variant? Thanks!

 

[eatbreakfast]

These are all wrasses in my QT that I received this week from ZoaCollector from his Vanuatu order. I know the Hooded on the right is the Efate variant. Can anybody confirm whether the Hooded on the left is a Tanna or Coral Sea variant? Thanks!

Tanna variant, the black margin on the dorsal extends the whole length on the Coral Sea variant.

 

[Howieumd]

Tanna variant, the black margin on the dorsal extends the whole length on the Coral Sea variant.

Thanks! That's what we thought (Colin at ZoaCollector and I), but just wanted to make sure as they look closely alike to me. Made sense since it was collected in Vanuatu, but some areas overlap.

 

[evolved]

These are all wrasses in my QT that I received this week from ZoaCollector from his Vanuatu order. I know the Hooded on the right is the Efate variant. Can anybody confirm whether the Hooded on the left is a Tanna or Coral Sea variant? Thanks!

Tanna Island

 

[nickman]

Picked this guy up as a "Philippines lineatus wrasse" but clearly this is not a true C. lineatus.

Any ideas?

 

[evolved]

Picked this guy up as a "Philippines lineatus wrasse" but clearly this is not a true C. lineatus.

Any ideas?

C. temminckii

 

[nickman]

here's my Cebu Pylei...really colored for me ..the flash helps too...LOL

Do you have it in with females? If not what else is in the tank with him?

 

[nickman]

C. temminckii

Thanks, that was my best guess as well.