Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[ingtar_shinowa]

so you are saying buy both females and let them FIGHT!

 

[_Alex_]

Thanks for the quick reply


-Alex-

 

[rockinzebra457]

What if my C. Rose doesnt have any black spots on the pelvic fin?

 

[evolved]

so you are saying buy both females and let them FIGHT!

Both? There's only one fish in the photo? But two females of the same species wouldn't fight.

Thanks for the quick reply

No problem! :).

What if my C. Rose doesnt have any black spots on the pelvic fin?

What species exactly? And if you could share a photo, that would be most helpful.

 

[rockinzebra457]

I believe it's a C. roseafascia and im gonna try and get a clear pic with my phone because thats all I have.

 

[evolved]

Ah, now I understand what you're asking.

Those dark spots won't develop until the fish is somewhat mature.

 

[mnat]

Hunter does it look like my female earles is turning?

 

[rockinzebra457]

Ah, now I understand what you're asking.

Those dark spots won't develop until the fish is somewhat mature.

I thought he was mature because he came with a female.
Heres the best I can get for now.

 

[eatbreakfast]

That is not C. roseafascia, it is C. jordani, flame wrasse.

 

[evolved]

Hunter does it look like my female earles is turning?

There's some signs of it, yes. But in my experience, he/she and the male I presume you already have will work it out and coexist.

I thought he was mature because he came with a female.

That is not C. roseafascia, it is C. jordani, flame wrasse.

Yup; this ^ is correct. And therefore why you'll never see dark spots on the pelvic fins. :)

 

[rockinzebra457]

Opps I got the scientific names messed up. I thought C. Rose was the scientific name for a flame wrasse. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[nivram]

What am I? A buddy showed me this wrasse. I've never seen one like it before.

 

[_Alex_]

Well crappy news. Our wrasse you ID a just a few days ago. I found stuck to a power head and dead the other night. No idea how or why, had ate fine twice that day and night before lights out. And had went to bed like normal. And then found stuck to power head getting up at about 4-5am to use te bathroom. Sucks had that one for going on 3 years...


-Alex-

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cirrhilabrus pylei from Cebu.

 

[evolved]

What am I? A buddy showed me this wrasse. I've never seen one like it before.

Cirrhilabrus pylei, Cebu variant. Which have actually been more common lately than the "traditional" pylei.

Well crappy news. Our wrasse you ID a just a few days ago. I found stuck to a power head and dead the other night. No idea how or why, had ate fine twice that day and night before lights out. And had went to bed like normal. And then found stuck to power head getting up at about 4-5am to use te bathroom. Sucks had that one for going on 3 years...

It may have simply been old age. In the photo, it appeared to be quite large for the species. Some wrasses don't have very long lifespans, and it doesn't help age at the time of purchase is already a mystery.

 

[Newb_reefer1]

ill play, can you id my newest adition :)
http://i.imgur.com/5T0Hsgz.jpg

 

[evolved]

Macropharyngodon geoffroy; looks to be a young male (but I'd need a photo in better focus to be certain).

 

[_Alex_]

Well good to know on that part lol. Was about 3.5"


-Alex-

 

[diablomaster9045]

I know what it is but more just showing it off and bumping the thread :P

 

[evolved]

C. lineatus, of course :) (for those that don't know)