The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Aquaph8]

Nice group you have there, we have almost the exact same taste :)

 

[mnat]

Nice group you have there, we have almost the exact same taste :)

Wrasses are amazing, glad to see more our there.

 

[alberthiel]

^^^ Very nice indeed .... I can hear its noise ... massive thunder for sure

 

[Brad Syphus]

Blue spotted tamarin.

Attenuatus/Mckoskers

A very hard working wrasse.:bigsmile:

 

[alberthiel]

Blue spotted tamarin.

Attenuatus/Mckoskers
A very hard working wrasse.:bigsmile:

Cleaning time indeed .... and they do such a good job too ... when I had a Fowlr set up years ago I used ot have several in the tank, but it was a 250 gallon one so there was plenty of fish for them to "work" on ... and of course one has to be careful and make sure one buys a "real" one and not a false cleaner :(

I have seem them sold at pet stores for the real ones .... (unfortunately) but it happens

 

[revhtree]

Beautiful wrasse and photos everyone!

 

[Vmacisback]

the new guy. Male hooded wrasse

shots of my new male Hooded and my Rhomboid

 

[evolved]

Nice Tanna Island variant on that Hooded. :)

 

[Vmacisback]

Nice Tanna Island variant on that Hooded. :)

Thanks! pretty excited about him, I ordered a pair but the female didn't make it through shipping.

 

[reelsilly]

So glad I found this thread! When the 93 cube is ready, this will be the primary stocking fish in there. I love wrasse but often times, online photos are not a very accurate representation of the fish.

On another note, absolutely great photos and beautiful fish everyone!

 

[watchguy123]

Nice Tanna Island variant on that Hooded. :)

how in the world did you recognize that as a tanna island variant. I have never even heard of tanna island.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

Some people like football and know every college and high-school players come from. Hunter likes wrasse.

 

[alberthiel]

how in the world did you recognize that as a tanna island variant. I have never even heard of tanna island.

Here is a link to Tanna Island (Vanuatu)

Tanna (island) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[evolved]

how in the world did you recognize that as a tanna island variant. I have never even heard of tanna island.

Because I dream wrasse! :)
But with sincerity, a photographic memory is of aid to me.
To better answer your question, it's the coloration of the dorsal fin on this fish (the red 'blotch' from top to bottom) and the red stripe down the side which makes it so.

 

[LittleBee]

A wrasse thread! How have I not seen this before!

 

[LittleBee]

Here are some of mine

Christmas wrasse female I think

Melanurus wrasse male?

McCoskers flasher wrasse female

Tamarin wrasse female

 

[LittleBee]

New Guinea wrasse

 

[evolved]

Nice shots!
Comments since I like to be technical: :)

Christmas wrasse female I think

H. claudia, yes. But male I'd argue.

Melanurus wrasse male?

Yes; male H. melanurus

McCoskers flasher wrasse female

Submale

Tamarin wrasse female

Anampses lineatus

New Guinea wrasse

A. neoguinaicus, female

 

[LittleBee]

Thanks for the clarifications :) I knew the melanurus was a male and the new guinea was a female for sure but the others I wasnt too sure on. For the flasher wrasse..what is a submale? He was male when he had a female with him but she got killed a long time ago and he lost the "male looks" so I thought he changed to a female?

 

[evolved]

A terminal male is just that; terminal. It can't revert to female. So if he was once a terminal male, he still is. Although looking a bit more submale-like if his colors have faded to some degree (possible).

What certainly makes it male is the amount of coloration in the fins. Submale or terminal male, no female will have dorsal/anal fins which are that red.