Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

Wrassesngobies · Oct 4, 2015

I am getting better I think at getting an ID but I always want other opinions. I'm not as good at wrasse ID as I am at plant ID.

EnLight · Oct 7, 2015

I've had this guy for quite a while but could never ID him on my own. The reason I want to find out now is that he's become a bit aggressive, especially towards other wrasse. He even nipped at my fingernail today for the first time, he's got some attitude. He's also survived and been through some **** so maybe that toughened him up a bit lol. Hopefully these pics are good enough to get an ID.

eatbreakfast · Oct 7, 2015

EnLight said:
I've had this guy for quite a while but could never ID him on my own. The reason I want to find out now is that he's become a bit aggressive, especially towards other wrasse. He even nipped at my fingernail today for the first time, he's got some attitude. He's also survived and been through some **** so maybe that toughened him up a bit lol. Hopefully these pics are good enough to get an ID.

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis

mmarro99 · Oct 10, 2015

eatbreakfast · Oct 10, 2015

mmarro99 said:

A particularly striking male Paracheilinus rubricaudalis.

mmarro99 · Oct 10, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
A particularly striking male Paracheilinus rubricaudalis.

Thank you much, my buddy had this picture stored but no clue to what it was and he wants one bad lol. Tyty

saltyhog · Oct 10, 2015

Good luck to him, I've been looking for one for a year and a half. A couple of years ago it seemed like LA had them often.

eatbreakfast · Oct 11, 2015

saltyhog said:
Good luck to him, I've been looking for one for a year and a half. A couple of years ago it seemed like LA had them often.

They come from Vanuatu and there was a really bad tropical storm/hurricane earlier this year (March I think) that pretty much destroyed everything. So that had a pretty bad affect on the ornamental fish trade.

Rybren · Oct 16, 2015

This guy came into the LFS as a Carpenter's, but I know that it isn't. I was thinking a McKosker, but the red on the dorsal is throwing me off. Maybe it's still in transition or maybe it's something else altogether.

eatbreakfast · Oct 16, 2015

Rybren said:
This guy came into the LFS as a Carpenter's, but I know that it isn't. I was thinking a McKosker, but the red on the dorsal is throwing me off. Maybe it's still in transition or maybe it's something else altogether.

It's a male mckoskers.

evolved · Oct 16, 2015

Yeah, mccoskeri. The dorsal coloration can be a bit variable; it's within the realm of "normal".

Rybren · Oct 16, 2015

Thanks guys.

RavenSF · Oct 17, 2015

I got this at a LFS that while picking up some snails. It was labeled as a pintail wrasse for $120, I'm thinking I got a deal. I'm thinking it's Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus.

eatbreakfast · Oct 17, 2015

RavenSF said:
I got this at a LFS that while picking up some snails. It was labeled as a pintail wrasse for $120, I'm thinking I got a deal. I'm thinking it's Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus.

Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus, pintail wrasse. $120 is a really good price for a male.