Wrasse ID

[Mrcote1]

I bought this wrasse that was supposed to be a filamented flasher but it certainly does not look anything like a filamented flasher wrasse. Does anyone know what kind it could be? Or is it possible it's just a young female filamented?

 

[4FordFamily]

When female/juvenile they look so similar I cannot tell them apart. Filamented and Carpenters have more than one “spike” on the dorsal fin which I believe I see in the middle photo.

With one I’d say mccosker but it’s so hard to tell at that stage. We have two resident wrasse supernerds I will tag them both :)

@eatbreakfast @evolved

 

[Mrcote1]

I wish I could get a better picture... I will certainly try but it literally never stops moving and doesn't flash often. But yea it looks sort of like a mccosker to me

 

[eatbreakfast]

Looks like an early transitional carpenters, but when it dwvelops further it will be easier to tell for sure.

 

[Mrcote1]

Looks like an early transitional carpenters, but when it dwvelops further it will be easier to tell for sure.

If it is not a filamented I think I'm just going to take it back to the store. I already have a mccosker. So in your opinion it is most likely not a filamented? Once it goes in my DT I doubt I'll ever get it out.

 

[eatbreakfast]

It is definitely not a filamented, the tail is the wrong shape. This is either carpenters, lineopunctatus, mckoskers, or flavianalis, though I lean toward carpenters.

 

[evolved]

I bought this wrasse that was supposed to be a filamented flasher but it certainly does not look anything like a filamented flasher wrasse. Does anyone know what kind it could be? Or is it possible it's just a young female filamented?

Yeah, it's definitely not a filamented. It's either carpenteri, mccoskeri, or flavianalis.

Looks like an early transitional carpenters, but when it dwvelops further it will be easier to tell for sure.

That's my hunch as well right now. Pretty sure I see the stub of more than one filament, so that would rule out mccoskeri.