Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

Reef Able · Nov 6, 2017

eatbreakfast said:
Definitely get a pic. There are a few fish that could go by that name. They should be fine with a lubbocki, but a positive id will help.

Here are the pictures of the orange head wrasse I am asking about. What is its scientific name?

eatbreakfast · Nov 6, 2017

Reef Able said:
Here are the pictures of the orange head wrasse I am asking about. What is its scientific name?

Ruby head fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cf. cyabopleura.

Reef Able · Nov 6, 2017

Great Thank you

AngryOwl · Nov 8, 2017

Couldn' resist and got another. Should be an easy one for you

is the white marking on the nose normal?

Maritimer · Nov 8, 2017

It is in a younger exquisite. This one looks like he's from somewhere near Africa.

Wonderful fish, and high on my list!

~Bruce

AngryOwl · Nov 8, 2017

Maritimer said:
It is in a younger exquisite. This one looks like he's from somewhere near Africa.

Wonderful fish, and high on my list!

~Bruce

I was thinking it was from Fiji based on pictures I've seen, either way they'e all beautiful

eatbreakfast · Nov 8, 2017

Bruce is right, Indian ocean exquisite wrasse. The white on the nose is common.

AngryOwl · Nov 8, 2017

eatbreakfast said:
Bruce is right, Indian ocean exquisite wrasse. The white on the nose is common.

Its a male, correct?

eatbreakfast · Nov 8, 2017

AngryOwl said:
Its a male, correct?

Yes.

uk-ross · Nov 11, 2017

ID please

Bearded Dan · Nov 11, 2017

What's this?

dragon99 · Nov 11, 2017

uk-ross said:
ID please

Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, yellow fin fairy

Blitzie · Nov 12, 2017

I have flipped through many of the pages on this forum and I have not seen this one yet.
I apologize if its a duplicate
The Local Fish Store is selling at a West African Rainbow Wrasse
Is it reef friendly

eatbreakfast · Nov 12, 2017

uk-ross said:
ID please

It's a female in the lubbocki complex. All females in this complex are near identical. Exact species can be pinpointed when it begins to transition.

Bearded Dan said:
What's this?

C. cf. cyanopleura, Ruby head wrasse.

dragon99 said:
Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, yellow fin fairy

Perhaps, though it could be any female in the lubbocki complex.

Blitzie said:
I have flipped through many of the pages on this forum and I have not seen this one yet.
I apologize if its a duplicate
The Local Fish Store is selling at a West African Rainbow Wrasse
Is it reef friendly

It is a true coris species. Semi aggressive and will eat motile inverts.

Tsev03 · Nov 18, 2017

Can I put a yellow coris wrasse with my Naoko’s fairy and Solon fairy?

Maritimer · Nov 19, 2017

The Naoko's in particular has a bit of a reputation for aggression. It may help that the yellow "coris" is a Halichoeres and not a fairy. Use a social acclimation box to help "test the waters" prior to releasing the yellow.

~Bruce

Tsev03 · Nov 19, 2017

Maritimer said:
The Naoko's in particular has a bit of a reputation for aggression. It may help that the yellow "coris" is a Halichoeres and not a fairy. Use a social acclimation box to help "test the waters" prior to releasing the yellow.

~Bruce

Thank you. The coris is in a acclimation box now. So far no aggression from any of them. I’ll give it a week or so in the box.

saltyhog · Nov 19, 2017

I bet it will be fine. I've never had a fairy take exception to a Halichoeres but those are a couple of more aggressive fairies that I haven't kept. You will enjoy the H. crysus. Beautiful fish with a very mild attitude....or at least mine was.