Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[Dannycelluk]

Cool thanks! I'll look out for a male then!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cool thanks! I'll look out for a male then!

I personally have never seen a male for sale in the trade, I have only seen them after a female has been in captivity and transitioned to a male. Besides, wrasses dont form bonded pairs like clowns or other fish, so keeping prs of a larger wrasse can be tricky.

 

[Buddhatank]

im trying to figure out how to upload a picture and get an I.D. On this wrasse

 

[ReeferBean]

im trying to figure out how to upload a picture and get an I.D. On this wrasse

Dusky Wrasse?

 

[Buddhatank]

I purchased it as a Richmond wrasse. I'll look up a Dusky wrasse.

 

[Buddhatank]

You got it reeferbean! Thank you great to finally know lol

 

[Buddhatank]

Ok one more just making sure it is what I think it is.

 

[eatbreakfast]

im trying to figure out how to upload a picture and get an I.D. On this wrasse

Male Halichoeres marginatus.

Ok one more just making sure it is what I think it is.

Male Cirrhilabrus labouti.

 

[saltyhog]

Eatbreakfast, what's the difference between H. marginatus and H. annularis? Is annularis old taxonomy? Suppliers refer to both as "Dusky Wrasse". Another reason common names stink.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Eatbreakfast, what's the difference between H. marginatus and H. annularis? Is annularis old taxonomy? Suppliers refer to both as "Dusky Wrasse". Another reason common names stink.

Correct, they were just described as different species based on juvenile/ female coloration vs male coloration. Also different descriptions from different locations. H. lamarii is also a synonymous identification.

 

[mandarin417]

Saw this handsome fellow at the store today without any identification. What do you think this is?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Pseudojuloides severnsi.

 

[matti2uude]

I picked up a "mystery" wrasse from an African shipment at a lfs. I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow when the light is on.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I picked up a "mystery" wrasse from an African shipment at a lfs. I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow when the light is on.

Pseudocheilinus evanidus, the pinstriped wrasse. Care and temperament is similar to the rest of the Genus.

 

[matti2uude]

Pseudocheilinus evanidus, the pinstriped wrasse. Care and temperament is similar to the rest of the Genus.

Thanks that's it.

 

[eatbreakfast]

This guy was posted on RVS Fishworld's facebook page. What does everyone think it is? I have my ID suspicions, but have heard other authorities on the subject disagree.

 

[KoleTang]

This guy was posted on RVS Fishworld's facebook page. What does everyone think it is? I have my ID suspicions, but have heard other authorities on the subject disagree.

More pics here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.877271652331389.1073742106.134337699958125&type=1

Interested to hear what people think it is.

 

[evolved]

Lemon said cf. tonozukai, I agreed, Tanaka said it wasn't tonozukai and may be new.

It might simply be rubripinnis, now that I see it on a real screen (and not on a mobile browser).

Your thoughts TJ?

 

[evolved]

I'm pretty set on rubripinnis after looking at some other photos on the RVS page.

 

[eatbreakfast]

My initial thought was rubripinnis, so much so that I didnt even click on the pic to look closer, then this afternoon someone brought it to my attention again. Looking at the pattern on the back half of the dorsal, it is the same pattern found on tonozukai. The blue on the underside, I dont think matters much, as males of the complex have been shown to have blue to varying degrees, although this is certainly on the heavy side. It lacks the elongated middle dorsal filaments of tonozukai, but there could be a number of reasons for that, and even though I personally identify myself as a seperator of species, I dont feel there are enough differences for cf. tonozukai to be seperated from "true" tonozukai. As of now I am saying C. tonozukai.