Fish ID anyone?

DnA Corals · Jan 29, 2013

DnA Corals · Jan 29, 2013

I'll try to get a better shot

rewlee · Jan 29, 2013

woah, sorry to give you a false alarm, IDK the name, but it is a B UTE!

DnA Corals · Jan 29, 2013

Haha thanks. I went to one of my lrs today and saw it and the owner didn't know what it was either. He's never seen it before. It was only 30 bucks so I snatched it up quick. Beautiful creature and very friendly!!

rajkovich207 · Jan 29, 2013

Flashers wrasse of some kind is my guess

andip3 · Jan 29, 2013

man haha thats going to drive me crazy I have seen this before but cannot think of the name

gweston · Jan 29, 2013

Pattern kinda reminds me of my melanurus wrasses, but the color isn't quite the same. Christmas wrasse maybe? But again, the colors seem far better than most that I have seen.

A sweet find for sure though!

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NanaReefer · Jan 29, 2013

8 Lined Flasher Wrasse.

DnA Corals · Jan 29, 2013

Thanks guys. A better pic will really help. It's hiding.

evolved · Jan 30, 2013

rajkovich207 said:
Flashers wrasse of some kind is my guess

Definitely not.

gweston said:
Pattern kinda reminds me of my melanurus wrasses, but the color isn't quite the same. Christmas wrasse maybe? But again, the colors seem far better than most that I have seen.

A sweet find for sure though!

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Neither of those; it still might be a Halichoeres however.

NanaReefer said:
8 Lined Flasher Wrasse.

Nope.

From what I can see right now, it's a Pseudocheilinus octotaenia (Indonesian variant, male). But I need a better picture myself to confirm that.

DnA Corals · Jan 30, 2013

Wasn't out this morning. Work all day. Ill try again when I get home. Lines are not solid on this little guy. There dotted and has that bright blue rim around all it's fins