Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

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Nope, the new one is not an earmuff. It is Coris venusta, a Hawaiian endemic, doesn't get huge, but is definitely more aggressive than Halichoeres wrasses.
I wondered. Well crap. Doesn't look so good anyway :/
 
I'd please. No idea what he is!!!
 

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Sorry only pic I got a salesman I know posted on Instagram, says it's an exquisite wrasse but live aquaria is totally different
 
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What kind is this ?
It's a male flasher for sure. Either flavianalis, mckosker, or carpenter.

If the anal and dorsal fins were visible a definite answer could be given.
 
It's a male flasher for sure. Either flavianalis, mckosker, or carpenter.

If the anal and dorsal fins were visible a definite answer could be given.
Definitely not an exquisite as posted, would either of those three carpenters be fine with a naokos and a possum wrasse?
 
Definitely not an exquisite as posted, would either of those three carpenters be fine with a naokos and a possum wrasse?
No issue with the possum. The naokae may behave aggressively toward it, but using a social acclimation box for introduction should help.
 
It's a male flasher for sure. Either flavianalis, mckosker, or carpenter.

If the anal and dorsal fins were visible a definite answer could be given.
Yup; no way to distinguish between them without some other clues. ;)
 
Woohoo I need these wrasse's name and male or female. Thanks in advance.
Sorry for double pic
 

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Woohoo I need these wrasse's name and male or female. Thanks in advance.
Sorry for double pic
Pics 1&2 is a male Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, pic 3 is a male Paracheilinus, but exact species cannot be determined without seeing the fins.
 
pic 3 is a male Paracheilinus, but exact species cannot be determined without seeing the fins.
But it has to be either mccoskeri or carpenteri; you can see some red on the anal fin.
 
sorry for the terrible pic, but can you tell me what it is? i've looked everywhere (and admittedly may have missed him as i gave up after 100 pages) and haven't found it yet. it's about 4 inches long. trying to find info on it before i decide where he goes.

Thanks!
 

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sorry for the terrible pic, but can you tell me what it is? i've looked everywhere (and admittedly may have missed him as i gave up after 100 pages) and haven't found it yet. it's about 4 inches long. trying to find info on it before i decide where he goes.

Thanks!
Looks to be an adult Halichoeres maculipinna. It is safe with corals, but inverts are on the menu.
 
he'll be going in the FOWLR then, lol. too many snails and crabs in the reef. thanks!
 
Hi, is this christmas wrasse? Looks different from images online
About 2" in length
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Bought him to eat pests (nudis/flatworms?)
 
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