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[eatbreakfast]

It's certainly a Halichoeres species. You can play "match the picture" here, if you wish: Fish Identification

My best guess: Halichoeres poeyi

As it matures and gets some better coloration, it'll be easier for a positive ID.

I agree, whn I saw the pic I thought an immature H. poeyi too, it is definitely in the sub group of Halichoeres wrasses of the Americas.

 

[choff]

Hello,

Live aquaria is telling me this is a juvenile negrosensis. Looks like a female meleagris to me.

Please confirm and I apologize I also posted this on the wrasse lovers thread and came across this one after.



Edit: I called back and they put me through to another expert and he agreed these are meleagris.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yup. M. meleagris.

 

[evolved]

And all juvi's are inherently female.

 

[choff]

Thanks, I was worried that maybe Petco employees had already started working at LA when I got their first response.

 

[evolved]

:caked:

 

[townjas]

I think I agree it is probably Halichoeres poeyi, I am having a hard time finding anything about them in the hobby and I am seeing a wide variety of images for the adult. Does anyone know anything about them? Temperament? Value? I have never seen 1 for sale.
any help would be awesome.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I think I agree it is probably Halichoeres poeyi, I am having a hard time finding anything about them in the hobby and I am seeing a wide variety of images for the adult. Does anyone know anything about them? Temperament? Value? I have never seen 1 for sale.
any help would be awesome.

I have never seen one listed for sale, but they are a shallow water dweller and are found in seagrass and algae beds, so catching them likely isnt difficult, so they should be reasonably priced, likely in the $25 to $50 range depending on size, but that is just a guess.

Care should be similar to H. cyanocephalus or garnoti. Reef safe with corals, may go after CUC. It will be pretty hardy, bury at night, and may jump.

 

[townjas]

That is about what I figured for the basics. So far it seems to get along with everyone including my much larger Chrismas and Melanarus wrasses.
I would guess since I cannot find it in the trade at all that the rarity of it may make the price higher than that.
I am curious to know if it is going to get aggressive and how large they get.

 

[evolved]

Max recorded length is near 8", and typically the Halichoeres around that size are a bit more aggressive than the smaller Halichoeres species. I'd expect him to have a decently mild attitude, but won't be one to be at all submissive.

 

[townjas]

Max recorded length is near 8", and typically the Halichoeres around that size are a bit more aggressive than the smaller Halichoeres species. I'd expect him to have a decently mild attitude, but won't be one to be at all submissive.

I would be pretty happy with that!

 

[sansupt]

wrasse id

can someone let me know if this is a female esquisite wrasse, someone gave it to me and he thought it was a female esquisite wrasse. thanks for any help.

 

[evolved]

It's a female, but it's not exquisitus.

There's two possibilities, but I need a better photo to be certain. It's either C. lubbocki or C. rubripinnis, but I tend to think it's the latter.

 

[sansupt]

Hers 2 more pics, i hope they help.

 

[evolved]

With those, female lubbocki now seems quite likely.

 

[sansupt]

Thanks

 

[AJQ69]

I just got this one and was labeled as a "Fairy" not 2 sure, could you help plz??

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis, the redfin fairy wrasse.

 

[AJQ69]

Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis, the redfin fairy wrasse.

female or male,btw thanks for the ID

 

[eatbreakfast]

Male.