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"She" is well on the way to full male, already as a transitional male.
What makes you say that? Could you educate me on why you think its transitioning? It very well could be,im not an expert, but the retailer I bought her from specified gender, she has a black point by her head and a very short dorsal fin(so short i thought something munched it) From my research the only real difference from the males and females is the black dot. Which in person i visibly see. So it is hard to tell since not much is different between them. I do have a female melanurus wrasse as well which could trigger it in the future, but they were bought roughly around the same time(few days apart), but my ornate has been in the sand pretty much for 4 days straight now and is shy/timid(only comes out for two hours or so at a time, as its getting used to the light schedule.) Nothing like a male at all IMO from what ive read, but as stated above, im willing to be educated or see things from your point of view. The melanurus is the more dominant fish by far though.