Unusual Leopard Wrasses

[ca1ore]

Curious if anyone is keeping any unusual leopards: lapillus, vivienae, kuiters, pakoko, or choati? Pictures would be great. Meleagris, bipartitus/bluestar, negrosensis/Black or potters don’t count; they’re quite common.

 

[declanisadog]

Do anampses count? I don't currently have any, but did have a red tail tamarin in my old tank. She was my favorite...

 

[Oscaror]

Do anampses count? I don't currently have any, but did have a red tail tamarin in my old tank. She was my favorite...

No, leopard wrasses are of the genus Macropharyngodon

 

[declanisadog]

No, leopard wrasses are of the genus Macropharyngodon

I am aware, but they are very similar. That's why I asked OP.

 

[Lateral72]

I have a trio of M. moyeri's, not quite as rare as they used to be, but still not common per se. I'll be dropping them into the DT sometime this week.

 

[MIKE NY]

Would like to see them as well. I have all of those listed by the OP plus an Ornate and I just lost my Moyeri.......

 

[ca1ore]

Do anampses count? I don't currently have any, but did have a red tail tamarin in my old tank. She was my favorite...

Was interested in the leopards.

 

[ca1ore]

I have all of those listed by the OP plus an Ornate and I just lost my Moyeri.......

You mean all of the ones I listed as ‘common’, or the unusual ones as well? I guess I forgot ornate and moyers, though I don’t really think of either as all that unusual.

 

[ca1ore]

I have a trio of M. moyeri's, not quite as rare as they used to be, but still not common per se. I'll be dropping them into the DT sometime this week.

Did you get those from DD? I got a trio from them, through QT and into the display. One soon disappeared (the male) but the other two seem good to go.

 

[bsagea]

My chaoti….I am definitely a leopard wrasse addict. Have several others that I have never been able to get a good pic of. Love a lot of the other species as well much to my tankmaster's dismay
bsa

 

[Lateral72]

Did you get those from DD? I got a trio from them, through QT and into the display. One soon disappeared (the male) but the other two seem good to go.

No. Bought three from SWF (Dropshipped from QM). One came in 1/2 dead. Ended up finding another one from a LFS.

Wanted Cyanoguttatus, Vivienae or Lapillus but hadn't seen any for several months at that point, so we settled on Moyer's.

 

[VJM 21]

I have two Moyeri, which are very difficult to photograph. The larger one is pictured. They eat everything, including flake, and they’re very active.

 

[MIKE NY]

You mean all of the ones I listed as ‘common’, or the unusual ones as well? I guess I forgot ornate and moyers, though I don’t really think of either as all that unusual.

Hi Simon...I meant all the common ones you listed ....hoping to get another Moyeri soon.