Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[evolved]

Actually, scratch that. Baby Pseudocoris yamashori.

Pseudocoris was my first thought, just hadn't had the moment yet to look up species. Not a genus I'm all that familiar with, as we don't see much of them in the trade.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Any info on this? It was 30 bucks, seems like they're not often found in the trade.

I've only had success with them in exceptionally large reefs. They grow fast and need frequent feedings.

 

[lolmatt]

I've only had success with them in exceptionally large reefs. They grow fast and need frequent feedings.

Thanks, I'll let it be then, just have a 180 and it's "full" anyways.

 

[evolved]

I've only seen them work in large, public aquariums myself.

 

[lolmatt]

Here's a random question somewhat relevant...any good sources for coris venusta or xenojulis margaritaceus? Two rather affordable fish that I've never actually seen in person or really available online either.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Xenojulis never come in properly labeled, so I've nevee been able to count on a reliable supply.

Venusta wrasses should be available from anyone bringing in Hawaiian fish. I've always had them get aggressive to other wrasses, though.

 

[pieceofreef]

Please help me ID this wrasse

It was sent to me as a male adult black fin mccosker wrasse. However the missing dorsal filament and coloration make me believe this may be a female/juvenile non-black fin mccosker. Can anyone tell?

 

[evolved]

Please help me ID this wrasse

It was sent to me as a male adult black fin mccosker wrasse. However the missing dorsal filament and coloration make me believe this may be a female/juvenile non-black fin mccosker. Can anyone tell?

There's no way to tell until it matures more.

 

[pieceofreef]

There's no way to tell until it matures more.

Thanks! So it could be a male and black fin even though it is not showing either the dorsal filament of the color.

Or is it just that it's a juvenile, likely female now, and it may turn later into a male?

 

[eatbreakfast]

It's a juvie. When it develops a dorsal filament and color in the fins as it transitions to male we will be able to tell.

 

[Chris Romani]

What kind of wrasse is this?

 

[eatbreakfast]

What kind of wrasse is this?

Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus.

 

[SixlineRyan]

Can anyone tell me what the wrasse is that comes onto the screen from the left at about 1:53-1:58 of this video is?

 

[saltyhog]

C. earlei

 

[Earl Karl]

Not 100% sure this is a wrasse but the guy at the lfs said he thought it was and I agree. I'm about halfway through this whole thread and haven't seen this one yet (still working on reading the second half!)

@lolmatt Hey, I'm the guy at the lfs who was with you about the wrasse. It looks like the species that it was claimed to be but those black dots throw off everything lol. It might be a hybrid or just a really unique pseudocoris yamashiroi.

More about this specific wrasse, this wrasse has been living in a 6'x5'x1.5' bare bottom reef for approximately 2 years or so (this tank had a whole other bunch of haliochores). Then we broke that tank down and moved it to our fish systems for another 3 weeks. Very hardy if anything. Boss gave it to me for free since it was only 10 bucks.

 

[Earl Karl]

Just found a really good picture of a juvenile yamashiroi. Those black spots really throw everything off, especially when we had it for 2+ years. Could be a hybrid or an unknown species who knows.

 

[Earl Karl]

I know what it is now. It is a baby pseudocoris bleekeri. Nice find for me dam, got it for free too. @lolmatt hit me up if you want it.

 

[Earl Karl]

Pseudocoris Bleekeri initial phase

Terminal Male

Dam it could have been gone for ten bucks holy cow.

 

[lolmatt]

Psuedocoris Bleekeri initial phase

Terminal Male

Dam it could have been gone for ten bucks holy cow.

Wow that's a really cool fish. No telling what it's really worth. Incredibly generous for you to offer it to me but it's all yours, more exciting for me to get closure on the species than owning it in this case. I wonder if these fish often change to male in captivity, I know many anampses stay female unless a male is present, so I'd say you have a mature female. Maybe your pencil will be similar enough to get her to morph.

 

[Earl Karl]

I have a terminal male pseudojuloides splendens. So hopefully she would change because that would be amazing. I never knew wrasses can get this beautiful, it's crazy. I wonder how much its value is lol.