Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[mmarro99]

Sometimes a mislabeled fish works in the reefer's favor, sometimes the LFS' favor. This one went LSF favor. Probably not malicious, just mislabeled. See if they have a linneatus labeled as temminki.

Was directly shipped from where it was caught[emoji52]

 

[eatbreakfast]

F

Was directly shipped from where it was caught[emoji52]

From where? The locales that lineatus is collected are much better at correctly identifying their fish than the Philippines and Indonesia.

 

[mmarro99]

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From where? The locales that lineatus is collected are much better at correctly identifying their fish than the Philippines and Indonesia.

Cebu

 

[evolved]

Well, that alone should have been suspect; Cebu is a long ways out of range for lineatus.

 

[mmarro99]

::sigh:: ty... learning still...

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I'd please trying to see if the correct one came in.

 

[evolved]

I see a female of the lubbocki complex.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I see a female of the lubbocki complex.

Ok did not order any process of elimination time.
Positive this guy for me please. Sorry not the best pic.

 

[evolved]

I can't determine much from that pic. From the dorsal/caudal, there's a few possibilities, but not enough confidence here with the lack of photo quality.

What do you think they are? Where did they come from (world origin)?

 

[Greenstreet.1]

This was my order.

 

[evolved]

I see a female of the lubbocki complex.

Ok did not order

Yes you did! :)
flavidorsalis is a part of the lubbocki complex.
That's a female flavidorsalis.

This was my order.

The other then is katoi. That was at the top of the list with the caudal margin visible in the earlier photo.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

On thank you

 

[Wrassesngobies]

Just getting a confirmation that this is indeed a biocellatus. She was in a LFS I rarely go to because it is even more out of the way than the other 2 in town, but she was a decent price and the owner was running a 20% off sale. She was hard to catch as she went right to the sandbed as soon as she knew something was up. The owner said she'd been in for several months and did this game everytime someone wanted to buy her. As it was, it took them 15 minutes to find her in the sandbed. I was patient. Sorry for the crappy cell pics, she didnt want to cooperate and I scraped the glass but didn't want to scrape the coralline off as I wanted to get a pic and she'd have dove into the sand if I messed too much.

Zac

 

[cbrennan4]

I picked up this pair of juvenile katherine's fairy wrasse(at least that's what they said they were) and wanted to see if one is make and one is female? The store owner wasn't sure how to tell the difference. One has a black dot at the base of the tail and the other doesn't.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Just getting a confirmation that this is indeed a biocellatus. She was in a LFS I rarely go to because it is even more out of the way than the other 2 in town, but she was a decent price and the owner was running a 20% off sale. She was hard to catch as she went right to the sandbed as soon as she knew something was up. The owner said she'd been in for several months and did this game everytime someone wanted to buy her. As it was, it took them 15 minutes to find her in the sandbed. I was patient. Sorry for the crappy cell pics, she didnt want to cooperate and I scraped the glass but didn't want to scrape the coralline off as I wanted to get a pic and she'd have dove into the sand if I messed too much.

Zac

Yep, H. biocellatus.

I picked up this pair of juvenile katherine's fairy wrasse(at least that's what they said they were) and wanted to see if one is make and one is female? The store owner wasn't sure how to tell the difference. One has a black dot at the base of the tail and the other doesn't.

They are both still females. The one with the 'fainter' spot is just closer to transioning. It's colors will change significantly once it is a male.

 

[evolved]

ust getting a confirmation that this is indeed a biocellatus.

Yup!

and wanted to see if one is make and one is female?

And yes, both female at this point.

 

[Wrassesngobies]

I didn't think the Kuiter Bible would steer me wrong, though there are a ton of pics in the 400+ pages.

 

[coraal]

 

[evolved]

Labropsis xanthonota

 

[coraal]

Labropsis xanthonota

Does this wrasse sleep in the sand ? and does is it reef safe? Sorry so many noob questions