Fish ID Please :)

[melypr1985]

Hi guys! So I've been off work for about 4 days. I go into the shop today for a couple hours in the evening and find this guy in the fish system. No idea where it came from or what it is. Nobody is admitting to taking it in either! Any help on what it is, care requirements ect? It's abouut 4 1/2 inches long and pretty beafy otherwise.

 

[jsker]

Looks like a 8 line wrasse

 

[Labridaedicted]

Eight lined wrasse

 

[eatbreakfast]

Pseudocheilinus octotaenia, eightline wrasse. Care and demeanor is comparable to a mystery wrasse. Semi aggressive, safe with corals, will eventually eat inverts.

 

[94Roarge]

Looks awesome!

 

[melypr1985]

Gah Your kidding! I was thinking 8 line, but I never thought they got that BIG! Boy oh boy. Well, thanks guys! Now, I know what to list him as.

 

[mort]

They are like a six line on steroids.

 

[4FordFamily]

Gah Your kidding! I was thinking 8 line, but I never thought they got that BIG! Boy oh boy. Well, thanks guys! Now, I know what to list him as.

Yup I saw a giant one at a local reef they get "grouper face" I call it when they get bigger!

 

[Forsaken77]

Yup I saw a giant one at a local reef they get "grouper face" I call it when they get bigger!

I was just gonna say it looks like a cross between a 6-line and a grouper, lol.

 

[melypr1985]

I was just gonna say it looks like a cross between a 6-line and a grouper, lol.

Right!? I've seriously never seen one that big. It threw me off big time!

 

[mort]

The Triton display tank has one and it's a real beast.

This photo shows it next to a mystery wrasse for size but was taken a while ago and a newer vid shows its grown a bit

Taken from the thread here which has a nice vid
https://reefbuilders.com/2015/04/27/triton-reef-full-portfolio-illustrious-set/