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Try these.

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Nebraska Aquatics...Scott and Shawn have been amazing. Scott is the 'thuze lol

That's my usual stop, and probably my favorite of the three (there's one just East of there, and what used to be Aquapets on Maple). I haven't been in Scott Ruff's place for nearly a decade, but he used to have nice stuff.
 

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That's my usual stop, and probably my favorite of the three (there's one just East of there, and what used to be Aquapets on Maple). I haven't been in Scott Ruff's place for nearly a decade, but he used to have nice stuff.
Rivers and Reefs on Maple used to be aqua pets. I used to drive here every couple months just to go to aquapets... Finally moved to Omaha, now I cruuz the saltwater stores like a junkie ...it really is an addiction....I work so I can buy fish / corals and equipment...
 

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Are yellow coris wrasse fairy wrasses?


No they are Halichoeres wrasses. Someone above said that this was a Whip Fin Fairy wrasse which isn't plausible to me. That's why we have the experts! :D

When I blow the picture up I can see the green/orange stripes on the face typical for H. chrysus (yellow wrasse). I really do think this is an aberrant H. chrysus but again I'm no expert.
 

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No they are Halichoeres wrasses. Someone above said that this was a Whip Fin Fairy wrasse which isn't plausible to me. That's why we have the experts! :D

When I blow the picture up I can see the green/orange stripes on the face typical for H. chrysus (yellow wrasse). I really do think this is an aberrant H. chrysus but again I'm no expert.
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This is Beatrix
He/she was sold as a "peacock wrasse" but I can't find anything like it to id it.

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Everything I find goes to a "leopard wrasse" but they look nothing like her (I'm sure it's probably a boy based on the lower fin but it's she to me :))

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She is pink green / blue with some yellow.
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I believe that is a leopard wrasse. M. ornatus....again I'll let the experts positively ID. And "she" is definitely a he.

The other Halichoeres wrasses in your other pictures are H. leucoxanthus commonly called yellow and purple wrasse.
 
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