Wrasse ID please

[greystreet41]

thanks

 

[edwing206]

Looks to be in the halichores species or family or whatever. I always forget the order. Does it bury in the sand at night?

 

[FateX8]

theres actually a couple of species that looks similar to that juvenile form
theres the Halichoeres menaurus, chrysotaenia and kallochroma
im gunna guess kallochroma though, also known as the pink snout wrasse
main reason is that the juvenile form has a yell mouth area like your picture
does your wrasse also have a bright blue streak from its mouth to under its eye?

 

[familyreefer]

Wars

Looks like a 12 line wras to me.....?/??

 

[detguy123]

i say juv halichoeres species i am not the best at id that species..but fatex8 id is what i would say also

 

[greystreet41]

thanks guys...looks like this kallochroma
http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59463
this is also a similar one...
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56811
picked this guy up for $20 this week at the LFS. Are they readily available? Just hadn't seen one previously. What would the common name for the kallochroma be?
thanks guys.
casey

 

[FateX8]

also known as the pink snout wrasse

i already told ya

 

[greystreet41]

i already told ya

a google and yahoo search came back zero for that common name.

 

[FateX8]

doesnt seem like a very common wrasse though
i looked through every fish page i have and i havent found anyone that carries them or have carried them in the past
i dont think theyre rare, just rare in the trade
only thing i could find is info from fishbase
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59463

 

[greystreet41]

doesnt seem like a very common wrasse though
i looked through every fish page i have and i havent found anyone that carries them or have carried them in the past
i dont think theyre rare, just rare in the trade
only thing i could find is info from fishbase
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59463

thanks fatex8. Fishbase is about all I found, too. I found one old RC thread on it but the guy never posted a pic and someone replied in that thread they hadn't seen one in the hobby before. thanks again...casey