Let Me ID Your Wrasse!
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I was just looking at the stripes and answered too quickly. It is tanaka.
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I just picked this wrasse up from the LFS, it appears to be a juvi/female exquisite wrasse.
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Transitioning C. cyanopleura.I just picked this wrasse up from the LFS, it appears to be a juvi/female exquisite wrasse.
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How are they with other wrasses? Live aquaria say they are peaceful. I'm hoping so or I might have to take it back to the lfs. I want a few wrasses in my tank but I don't want any bullies. I know that's a big gamble with wrasses.
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They are in the middle of the aggression scale of fairy wrasses. They should be fine in most cases. Just use a social acclimation box when adding new wrasses to existing ones.
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^Agree; you should be just fine. 
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Cirrhilabrus filamentosus, whipfin fairy wrasse. It's a pretty aggressive species towards other flasher and fairy wrasses.Hi guys. Any ID on this one? It has nice long dorsal fins.
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Hi guys. Any ID on this one? It has nice long dorsal fins.
Actually, it's Cirrhilabrus tonozukai. (TJ, look at the color of the anal/pelvic fins!)
But it's nearly as aggressive as filamentosus.
C. tonozukai . . .
Isn't that the species folks are assigning those red wrasses with the blue throat to? Or are they more of a "cf. tonozukai"?
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Isn't that the species folks are assigning those red wrasses with the blue throat to? Or are they more of a "cf. tonozukai"?
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Eh, TBD. I've been using the cf. designation as I believe it's a unique species, but until someone does a genetic study on them, we don't know yet.
A really boring one for you... sold as a 'green wrasse'. I assume Halichoeres chloropterus but want to be sure as it seems a lot more blue than others I've seen.
Pic helps!!
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Yup. H. chloropterus.Pic helps!!
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Only the juvi's are the bright chartreuse green you may be thinking of. Adults of the species become nearly a dull gray.
Only the juvi's are the bright chartreuse green you may be thinking of. Adults of the species become nearly a dull gray.
Thanks for that, makes sense. This guys about 5" and obviously beginning to go grey... makes me feel better, I didn't get my first grey til I was nearly 30 lol.
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They also tend to get pretty aggressive and belligerent as they age; hopefully a trait you don't also share.
Nah, although according to my other half I'm well on the way to becoming a grumpy old man [emoji2]They also tend to get pretty aggressive and belligerent as they age; hopefully a trait you don't also share.
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