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[adromero]

Yup, C. exquisitus

Thanks

 

[adromero]

C. exquisitus is correct, African variant.

Thanks

 

[Alenya]

Sold as a McCosker’s flasher wrasse but the tail seems wrong

 

[SaltyT]

Sold as a McCosker’s flasher wrasse but the tail seems wrong

Looks like P. filamentosus to me.

 

[Crabby48]

Sold as a McCosker’s flasher wrasse but the tail seems wrong

Rad fish.

 

[Dr Jimmy]

This might help

 

[evolved]

Sold as a McCosker’s flasher wrasse but the tail seems wrong

A hybrid: P. flavianalis x P. filamentosus

This might help

That's P. mccoskeri

 

[Alenya]

A hybrid: P. flavianalis x P. filamentosus

That's P. mccoskeri

Thank you! This wrasse is going in with a P.flavianalis. Is it going to be too closely related in your opinion for aggression to settle down?

 

[evolved]

Thank you! This wrasse is going in with a P.flavianalis. Is it going to be too closely related in your opinion for aggression to settle down?

Sounds dicey... They may see another as the same species.

 

[Elpenguino]

Hey, just picked this guy up at the lfs and I think it was mislabeled and was wondering if you could help me out. They said it was a blue head fairy wrasse.

 

[evolved]

Hey, just picked this guy up at the lfs and I think it was mislabeled and was wondering if you could help me out. They said it was a blue head fairy wrasse.

C. cyanopluera, female.

 

[Elpenguino]

C. cyanopluera, female.

Thanks!

 

[Kati537]

Any thoughts? Something in the cirrhilabrus genus?

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[evolved]

Any thoughts? Something in the cirrhilabrus genus?

A female of the cyanopleura complex.
I'd venture that is in fact cyanopleura, but it's really tough to say with certainty at this point.

 

[mattzang]

Cerasinus? First pic stress coloration

 

[evolved]

Cerasinus

Correct. :)

 

[mattzang]

Correct. :)

are all leopards/pencils/tamarins reef safeish on par with the smaller halichoeres? at least the commonly kept ones that aren't giant

there's some tiny baby black mollies in the tank with the pencil so i'm curious to see what comes of that.. lol

 

[evolved]

are all leopards/pencils/tamarins reef safeish on par with the smaller halichoeres?

They're actually much safer/better than Halichoeres in that regard.

at least the commonly kept ones that aren't giant

Well, sure - the large tamarins at maturity can be a different story.

there's some tiny baby black mollies in the tank with the pencil so i'm curious to see what comes of that.. lol

I really wouldn't worry much there at all - I'd be pretty shocked if they went missing.

 

[Chessmanmark]

What is this one?

 

[evolved]

What is this one?

M. bipartitus, male.