Wrasse ID

[Exus]

I found this picture of what I'm assuming to be a fairy wrasse from Live Aquaria Facebook page, but I can't find the name of this wrasse nor a matching photo on Live Aquaria website.

 

[tbrown]

Exquisite?

 

[littlefoxx]

@Slocke @i cant think

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Some variant of exquisite would be my guess

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Looks very saturated

 

[Reefing102]

Looks like an exquisite to me too. Might be a divers den pic.

Exquisite Fairy Wrasse - Reef Safe: Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Maybe african exquisite

 

[JoJosReef]

My bet is Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Fiji variant

 

[JoJosReef]

My bet is Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Fiji variant

Scratch that, definitely not Fiji. Maybe African?

 

[Slocke]

Yep it’s the African variant of C exquisitus. Here’s my male who has darker then average colors:

That one is most like the Kenyan:

2.3 Fairy Wrasses: The exquisitus complex | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus is an unusually widespread and variable species which appears to form a lineage alongside the scottorum and cyanopleura groups, with all three sharing characteristically mid…

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