I didn’t notice but it’s possible, sadly no post mortem as I’m out of town, and had the fish sitter dispose of it.
Chrysus is a tough sardine.
That top pic must be male in nuptial display. Not something most would see in our tanks. The bottom looks quite nice and would be a wrasse worth acquiring to me.Here’s the two most accurate photos but honestly, no photo does this fish justice as the fins are deep blue when caught by the light.
"some experts stating that the name H. marginatus should be reserved for the Red Sea population only, with the Indian Ocean variants identified as H. lamarii (currently considered synonymous with H. marginatus), and further suggesting H. annularis for the Pacific Ocean fish."
So my Rudie Kuiter book (2002) lists H. marginatus as being restricted to the Red Sea and Arabian Seas. He lists H. lamarii (Valenciennes 1839) as being the species that takes over in the Indo-West Pacific, and H. annularis as being a sub-species of H. lamarii. But in 2011 both H. lamarii and H. annularis were unaccepted as separate species and were considered to be H. marginatus. Randall & Parenti (2011) retained the name H. marginatus for the widely distributed species, but suggested further DNA work was needed to resolve the species.
Thanks both! Annularis had no results on my search.
No worries. You just have another wrasse to buy to make it right.
Gangster Wrasse is what he should be called :)Possum wrasse was bullying the tomini tang late last night as the lights were going down. He would chase the tomini and run him off, and this little sicko would stop and stare at me like he was smiling and saying “yeah, you like that?”
Maybe it was the phyto and reef roids in the water that got him all hopped up. I do not understand him, and I don’t know if I’ll ever experience another that acts this way.
Proud of himself:
And again, chased him from one corner all around the tank:
Tangs want to keep wrasse out of rocks at night and wrasse want to not be seen burying in sand under rocks. Before lights out I for 5 years watched aggression do to that. A few of mine lie a radiant would put the tangs in place. My radiant I watched tail whip tangs so hard they would back off. Maybe what you saw or maybe the crack in reef roofsPossum wrasse was bullying the tomini tang late last night as the lights were going down. He would chase the tomini and run him off, and this little sicko would stop and stare at me like he was smiling and saying “yeah, you like that?”
Maybe it was the phyto and reef roids in the water that got him all hopped up. I do not understand him, and I don’t know if I’ll ever experience another that acts this way.
Proud of himself:
And again, chased him from one corner all around the tank:
