New Pencil Wrasse Described

[eatbreakfast]

Here is the article that discusses the just described Pseudojuloides labryinthus.
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/06/15/pseudojuloides-labyrinthus/

If you click on the link for the actual Journal of Ocean Sciences description, the pic for the terminal phase male came from my tank!

 

[4FordFamily]

Wow that's very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful fish!

 

[Salty1962]

Awesome looking fish!

 

[Flashy Fins]

Wowza! That's a beauty!

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Thanks for sharing as always very nice wrasse. The list of beauty's just keeps one growing [emoji41]

 

[revhtree]

Here is the article that discusses the just described Pseudojuloides labryinthus.
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/06/15/pseudojuloides-labyrinthus/

If you click on the link for the actual Journal of Ocean Sciences description, the pic for the terminal phase male came from my tank!

Awesome! Can you post your photo?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Awesome! Can you post your photo?

Here are a few of the terminal phase male.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Here it is as a female when I got it.

I've had it since April of last year. It began to transition from female to male in September.

 

[evolved]

Here it is as a female when I got it.

So that was a fun surprise. :)

 

[eatbreakfast]

So that was a fun surprise. :)

Actually, I kinda had a clue what to look for. In a tank with other female pencil wrasses, these stick out. I have a sneaking suspicion they have been through the hobby unnoticed previously.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Here's the backstory on the fish.
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/06/20/pseudojuloides-labyrinthus-2/