Looking for help IDing this wrasse

[Fishguy101]

Does anyone know what type of wrasse this is. I inherited this from a friend of mine and wanted to learn more about this animal
TIA

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Looks like a twinspot coris wrasse. :)

 

[Slocke]

Yeah... that's a little baby twin spot
Aka Coris aygula
They get 4 foot long and very aggressive. Be very cautious.

 

[BryanM]

4 foot? Holy smokes.

 

[Fishguy101]

Looks like a twinspot coris wrasse. :)

Thanks for the info

 

[Fishguy101]

Yeah... that's a little baby twin spot
Aka Coris aygula
They get 4 foot long and very aggressive. Be very cautious.

Thanks for the info

 

[BonnieB]

What a beauty!

 

[Slocke]

What a beauty!

Only when a baby

4 foot? Holy smokes.

Yeah…

I hate that they are in the hobby

Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...

This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[bluemon]

Only when a baby

Yeah…

I hate that they are in the hobby

Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...

This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...

www.reef2reef.com

Yea, you only see them (and the other coris) as innocent babies in the LFS and people buy them not knowing what monsters they become...

You never see the adult Coris in shops.

If only they stayed that way...

 

[BryanM]

Yea, you only see them (and the other coris) as innocent babies in the LFS and people buy them not knowing what monsters they become...

You never see the adult Coris in shops.

If only they stayed that way...

My adult red coris I did buy 5-6" long, but that was because someone locally broke down their tank.

I did not know it was a frag flipper-over-er though, and while it is GORGEOUS, I am regretting it. :(

 

[littlefoxx]

Only when a baby

Yeah…

I hate that they are in the hobby

Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...

This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...

www.reef2reef.com

Me too. Especially when LFSs force you to take one… mine is 6-7 inches. Huge. I thought mine was an adult boy was I wrong

 

[BonnieB]

Good thing we have you all to help us not make these mistakes!