Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[Seasidedeb]

Good evening. I just brought home a lovely new juvenile wrasse from my amazing lfs. Going into qt tonight. This is his pic from the lfs tank. He was listed as a melanarus. I have a juvenile melanarus, ID confirmed by this amazing group. He does NOT look like him. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2nd pic in their tank with different light filter.

 

[evolved]

Good evening. I just brought home a lovely new juvenile wrasse from my amazing lfs. Going into qt tonight. This is his pic from the lfs tank. He was listed as a melanarus. I have a juvenile melanarus, ID confirmed by this amazing group. He does NOT look like him. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Juvie dusky. Halichoeres marginatus.

 

[Seasidedeb]

Thank you!

 

[Bryce73]

Rainbow wrasse at LFS.
Any ideas? Thanks

 

[evolved]

Rainbow wrasse at LFS.
Any ideas? Thanks

Halichoeres melanochir

 

[Bryce73]

Sweet, thanks

 

[TheEngineer]

Any idea what this guy is?

 

[evolved]

Any idea what this guy is?

Xenojulus margaritaceus

 

[TheEngineer]

Thanks!

 

[TheEngineer]

One more, please. I was told Atlantic wrasse...?

 

[Maritimer]

looks like Halichoeres bivittatus, the "slippery dick" wrasse from Florida and the Caribbean.

~Bruce

 

[TheEngineer]

looks like Halichoeres bivittatus, the "slippery dick" wrasse from Florida and the Caribbean.

~Bruce

Thanks, Bruce. I was thinking it is halichoeres maculipinna (clown wrasse)

 

[Ds04384]

Sorry this is not the best picture but this is a McCosker’s right?

 

[evolved]

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Sorry this is not the best picture but this is a McCosker’s right?

Indeed it is!

 

[JAWS 32]

Hi, I bought this wrasse about 2 years ago , sold as a 'black wrasse'. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed him changing colors. Is he a juvenile Dusky wrasse transitioning? Not sure what order the pics will show, but the gray one was him before he started changing. Thanks!

 

[evolved]

Hi, I bought this wrasse about 2 years ago , sold as a 'black wrasse'. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed him changing colors. Is he a juvenile Dusky wrasse transitioning? Not sure what order the pics will show, but the gray one was him before he started changing. Thanks!

Yes, that's Halichoeres marginatus.

 

[evolved]

One more, please. I was told Atlantic wrasse...?

looks like Halichoeres bivittatus, the "slippery dick" wrasse from Florida and the Caribbean.

~Bruce

Thanks, Bruce. I was thinking it is halichoeres maculipinna (clown wrasse)

Sorry, missed this one. But Bruce is right: Halichoeres bivittatus.

 

[JAWS 32]

Yes, that's Halichoeres marginatus.

Thx evolved!

 

[Jcarvallo]

Dear all,
Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, but i really need your help.

Are theses melanomarginatus or scottorum?




I convince my LFS to bring me an exquisitus wrasse, but he received this instead. If i'm going to tell him that this do not work for me i need all the evidence that i can gather.

I really want to maintain the relation with the LFS since is the only one accepting the risk to bring wrasse for my collection.

 

[eatbreakfast]

C. melanomarginatus.