Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[Ripnlips82]

Thanks evolved!

 

[Loki]

Any ideas? Just came in the LFS.

 

[evolved]

C. exquisitus

 

[EFSleeper]

Best pics I could get if this one. If you know what it is please help. Was gave to me out of a reef tank as an unknown and the lady he got it from didn't know what kind it was either. It's solid blue with a white stomach no lines or stripes anywhere on it. Sorry I know the pics are bad but maybe you can still help

 

[eatbreakfast]

I cant tell for certain based off of the pics, but could possibly be Thalassoma genivittatum
Drs. Foster and Smith Diver's Den® - Thalassoma genivittatum

 

[Outlaw]

I got this from my LFS as a Blue Sided Fairy for $17.99 (about 4"). But looking at photos (and it's red/purple head) looks more like an Orange Backed. But the back is more yellowish and the scales are outlined in purple. The belly and pec fin are blueish. Sorry for the terrible iPhone pics.

 

[evolved]

From what I can see in those photos, most likely a C. cf. cyanopleura; often called the "ruby headed fairy".

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cirrhilabrus cf. cyanopleura, a close relative of C. cyanopleura and aurantidorsalis, but likely a new undescribed species.

 

[Outlaw]

Awesome thanks. Some better pics.

 

[Outlaw]

I see videos and discussions of the ruby head, interestingly it also looks a lot like a female Solon.

 

[eatbreakfast]

The LA pic of a "female solorensis" is actually a pic of a male C. cf. cyanopleura.

 

[Outlaw]

Lol! That would certainly explain the similarity.

I love Wrasseputin, I think he's gorgeous.

 

[evolved]

The LA pic of a "female solorensis" is actually a pic of a male C. cf. cyanopleura.

Yup.

 

[bonomo53]

Saw this guy in my lfs tn they weren't sure what it was. I was thinking something similar to a whipfin or rubriventralis?

 

[Aquaph8]

I'm going with Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis

 

[eatbreakfast]

I'm going with Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis

I'll second that.

 

[bonomo53]

Thanks for the id

 

[Rybren]

I recently picked up a new Leopard. I thought that it was a young meleagris, but the series of white dots along the base of the dorsal fin is throwing me off. Most of the images that I've seen don't show the white spots.

Thoughts?

Sorry for he crappy pics.

 

[eatbreakfast]

That is M. ornatus. not meleagris.

 

[Rybren]

Thanks! I guess my doubts were well founded.