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Ok I have one more
For IDs, Fishbase.orgNot a wrasse Id but wondering where @evolved and @eatbreakfast learnt your stuff. I like to think I'm ok at id's but wondering if I'm missing a great resource somewhere. I know a lot is just simply experience but you had to start somewhere.
Coris venusta is my hold-the-phone-far-away-and-squint guess.
Squinty eyes worked! ;WootHere’s a better pic
I'm a fan of Kuiter's wrasse book, fishbase, and Fishes of the East Indies by Allen and Erdmann. But firsthand experience with most of the wrasses in the trade helps most.Not a wrasse Id but wondering where @evolved and @eatbreakfast learnt your stuff. I like to think I'm ok at id's but wondering if I'm missing a great resource somewhere. I know a lot is just simply experience but you had to start somewhere.
Not a wrasse Id but wondering where @evolved and @eatbreakfast learnt your stuff. I like to think I'm ok at id's but wondering if I'm missing a great resource somewhere. I know a lot is just simply experience but you had to start somewhere.
It's decent, but not one I own. I only find both of Kuiter's books to be worth it.How is Scott W. Michael's "Wrasses & Parrotfishes?" I have some of the others in the series, and I like them, but haven't really studied wrasses as closely in the past.
Yes. Thanks so much for sharing your resources.For IDs, Fishbase.org
Fishwisepro.com can sometimes have additional pictures.
It's decent, but not one I own. I only find both of Kuiter's books to be worth it.
You want:I may have to order one of Kuiter's books. The one that I've been able to find on amazon looks like it may only cover fairies/flashers, and may not include Coris, Halichoeres, hogfish, etc.
Definitely a Cirrhilabrus, but we'll need a better picture still. Some indications of pylei or rubrimarginatus, but not definitive.Alright, I have another misidentified fairy wrasse. It was sold as a "magma top flame fin wrasse" - lol
I think it might be a juvenille P. octotaenia, but Im having a hard time getting a good picture of it in non-stressed coloration. I did get a good shot of the dorsal and tail fins though, and figured it was worth a shot to see if I guessed right. Hopefully, I'll have a better "natural coloration" shot this evening.