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[evolved]

C. rubripinnis is indeed my best guess, but I cannot be certain still. If you can get a better one, it would help. :)

 

[IBroughtPopcorn]

C. rubripinnis is indeed my best guess, but I cannot be certain still. If you can get a better one, it would help. :)

Thank you. I will try when I get home. He isn't aggressive is he? I was given him instead of the flasher wrasse I paid for.

 

[evolved]

Thank you. I will try when I get home. He isn't aggressive is he? I was given him instead of the flasher wrasse I paid for.

Middle-of-the-road for Cirrhilabrus wrasses.

 

[JAWS 32]

Hi, can you please tell me if this is a Blue Flasher wrasse or if not, what kind he is? Thanks!

 

[evolved]

Hi, can you please tell me if this is a Blue Flasher wrasse or if not, what kind he is? Thanks!

Yes, that's P. cyaneus.

 

[JAWS 32]

Yes, that's P. cyaneus.

Thank you evolved! Can you tell if he is still a juvenile? Thanks!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thank you evolved! Can you tell if he is still a juvenile? Thanks!

It's a male. Once there is color in the fins and dorsal filaments begin it is a male.

 

[JAWS 32]

It's a male. Once there is color in the fins and dorsal filaments begin it is a male.

Thx eatbreakfast!

 

[Ian03]

Which LFS in the uk did you pick this up from Alan?
Thanks

Hey there everyone long time viewer of the site but never signed up till now.

Seems this forum is the best one for wrasse fans so hope someone can help me.

I got a wrasse from my LFS and was named as a earlei wrasse. It was also named as this on there import list. I asked also where this was imported from and they said Bali if that's any help.

The wrasse is tiny ( just slightly bigger than my thumb I'd say)so difficult to tell if it is or isn't as I'm going by pics in my kuiters wrasse book that I have.

I'm thinking it looks more like a pylei but doesn't have the big ventral fins that you usually see.

Here's a few poor pics that give you an idea

h LFS

 

[alanedinburgh]

Which LFS in the uk did you pick this up from Alan?
Thanks


h LFS

hey mate was from fishkeeper scotland up here in edinburgh so think they are a brach off of one of the maidenhead chain

 

[alanedinburgh]

Another id if possible? This one is down as beeing a lunatus wrasse but to me it looks like a brunneus?

 

[evolved]

Another id if possible? This one is down as beeing a lunatus wrasse but to me it looks like a brunneus?

Yup, C. brunneus.
The ranges of the species completely overlaps with lunatus, fwiw.

 

[alanedinburgh]

Thanks again

 

[ZoaCollector]

Another id if possible? This one is down as beeing a lunatus wrasse but to me it looks like a brunneus?

C. brunneus

C. lunatus has an orange bar above the belly, where as brunneus has a yellow belly.
There is also C. cf lunatus which is the one that has colors closer to pintail fairy females

 

[Ari]

Hello everyone. Please help me ID this wrasse I got. I ordered for a black leopard wrasse but I got this instead or is it?

 

[evolved]

Hello everyone. Please help me ID this wrasse I got. I ordered for a black leopard wrasse but I got this instead or is it?

Dusky wrasse; Halichoeres marginatus.

 

[Ari]

Dusky wrasse; Halichoeres marginatus.

Thank you for that quick reply! But aren't dusky wrasse greenish like melanurus? Anyway, I hope it's reef safe!

 

[evolved]

But aren't dusky wrasse greenish like melanurus?

Later in life, but not at this stage.

 

[Rybren]

Just a word of warning, my dusky took out 3 fairy wrasses (and all of my clean up crew)

 

[Ari]

Just a word of warning, my dusky took out 3 fairy wrasses (and all of my clean up crew)

That's crazy! I hope mine doesn't turn out to be a killer! Did some reading and mine is actually a female dusky wrasse!