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[eatbreakfast]

No, it can't be from the Cooks with the black present in the dorsal. The fin patterns actually best match specimens from American Samoa, but that's pretty close to Fiji.
TJ (@eatbreakfast) might know more than I one this one.

Looks like the Fiji variant to me. They have been coming in pretty regularly.

 

[2una]

Hi Guys -time for me to call on your thoughts
Would you id that as Isosceles or not?

 

[evolved]

Hi Guys -time for me to call on your thoughts
Would you id that as Isosceles or not?

For sure. :)

 

[2una]

For sure. :)

Thank you very much Sir - your guys input here is 2nd to none

 

[ascheff]

Hi @evolved , @eatbreakfast , et al,

I'd like to get a positive ID on this guy, please?

He was sent as a katherinae from the Philippines, but I've read in earlier posts in this thread that they are often confused with temminckii. I need to be sure I'm getting the former, as he'd be going in with a few other Cirrhilabrus - lineatus, isosceles, lubbocki - as well as a few other wrasses.

The photo was sent by the store, but I'll go through a bit later to take some more photos if the identity isn't clear from this photo.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hi @evolved , @eatbreakfast , et al,

I'd like to get a positive ID on this guy, please?

He was sent as a katherinae from the Philippines, but I've read in earlier posts in this thread that they are often confused with temminckii. I need to be sure I'm getting the former, as he'd be going in with a few other Cirrhilabrus - lineatus, isosceles, lubbocki - as well as a few other wrasses.

The photo was sent by the store, but I'll go through a bit later to take some more photos if the identity isn't clear from this photo.

That is indeed the male katheinae from the Philippines.

 

[ascheff]

That is indeed the male katheinae from the Philippines.

Ah, thanks so much, that makes me very happy.

 

[JAWS 32]

Hi, could you tell me if this is a type of Pencil wrasse. And if so, which kind? None of my books had one with the black on the tail. Thanks!

 

[evolved]

Hi, could you tell me if this is a type of Pencil wrasse. And if so, which kind? None of my books had one with the black on the tail. Thanks!

Yes, Pseudojuloides cerasinus.

 

[JAWS 32]

Thx Evolved!

 

[JAWS 32]

I was just looking in my book again at that type of Pencil Wrasse and saw the black tail. I didn't think it was that type because the color pattern is different. I guess they vary in their patterns. Thanks again!

 

[saltyhog]

H. melanurus or H. chrysotaenia? was sold as Vrolik's but I'm not so sure.

 

[Maritimer]

To me, it looks like H. melanurus, but if T.J. or Hunter say anything different, listen to them - not to me!

~Bruce

 

[eatbreakfast]

It's definitely H. melanurus. The pattern on the tail is the dead giveaway. H. chrysotaenia has spots on the tail.

 

[saltyhog]

Thanks TJ! As I suspected.

A little disappointed with Live Aquaria on this one. This isn't a hard species to differentiate, they shouldn't have gotten it wrong.

 

[R€€F @DD¡ÇT]

P. flavianalis?

 

[Maritimer]

Looks like it to me . . .

~Bruce

 

[eatbreakfast]

P. flavianalis?

Yup.

 

[saltyhog]

It's definitely H. melanurus. The pattern on the tail is the dead giveaway. H. chrysotaenia has spots on the tail.

I can't believe LA is giving me grief about this. They say they can't ID it positively unless I send a picture with white lights. SMH.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I can't believe LA is giving me grief about this. They say they can't ID it positively unless I send a picture with white lights. SMH.

Sorry to hear that. When you send the pic of your fish you should also send. Their stock pic of the melanurus and the chrysotaenia with their tails circled.