Fish ID please? Yellow Tail Wrasse?

[FlipReeferNYC]

Hello all. I went to my LFS to get a small/medium LR. As staff was picking it up, I noticed "tentacles" hanging and immediately told him there's a "brittle star".
He tried shaking it off but to no avail.
Staff: "you didn't see anything right?"
Me: "nope"

He continued bagging it but for crying out loud it keeps poking the bag and leaking.
He manage to get more than half of water in the bag and said:
Staff: "He'll reach for the water and should keep him alive till you get home."

When I got home the bag got poked again and water leaked to like 1/8 left. It all went to the main store bag.
I placed the LR in a bucket and gently shake it off and this guy dropped! :0

:'( I could have gotten a nice Hitchhiker fishy!

Id anyone please? Thanks.

 

[Malifry97]

Hello all. I went to my LFS to get a small/medium LR. As staff was picking it up, I noticed "tentacles" hanging and immediately told him there's a "brittle star".
He tried shaking it off but to no avail.
Staff: "you didn't see anything right?"
Me: "nope"

He continued bagging it but for crying out loud it keeps poking the bag and leaking.
He manage to get more than half of water in the bag and said:
Staff: "He'll reach for the water and should keep him alive till you get home."

When I got home the bag got poked again and water leaked to like 1/8 left. It all went to the main store bag.
I placed the LR in a bucket and gently shake it off and this guy dropped! :0

:'( I could have gotten a nice Hitchhiker fishy!

Id anyone please? Thanks.

Is he alive?

 

[RicoWX]

it's a splendid dottyback

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Dead Splendid Dottyback?

 

[divewsharks]

That looks like a dottyback, not a wrasse.

 

[FlipReeferNYC]

Is he alive?

Unfortunately nope. SIGH!

 

[Malifry97]

Unfortunately nope. SIGH!

That stinks. Did you let the LFS know. It kind of seems like that employee was being very careless

 

[FlipReeferNYC]

Thanks all. Sorry, not misleading with the title! My brain is still wrapping on the thought that it could have happen to the Yellow Canary Wrasse I got last Friday from same LFS.

@Malifry97 Yeah I was shocked for a moment.

per liveaquaria it's $49.99 for a Splendid Dottyback.

In fairness to the staff, he tried shaking the LR in the tank like more than I can count to dislodge the Brittle Star, it's $20 loss for them - so now it's $70.00! :/