The Squire's Wrasse is a “new” fish in the aquarium hobby. While the fish has obviously existed for a very long time indeed, it was only recently classified as its own species by Fenton Walsh in 2014. Its scientific name, Cirrhilabrus squirei, comes from Lyle Squire and family, who were instrumental in finding, capturing and bringing to market the first specimens. It is possible that the hobby had seen Squire's Wrasses before this point, and that they were being imported erroneously as aberrant variations of similar species.
We have good luck feeding them a meaty mix of food in house and we always add a small amount of appropriately sized pellet foods from Nutramar to this mix, which they generally start to take after a few meals. This is important as we feed twice a day and we see this schedule as a requisite for success in keeping these (and truthfully any Cirrhilabrus.) Getting your fish accustomed to having pellet foods allows you to use an auto-feeder for one or more of their daily feedings. Read More Here
