help in identification

[pedro]

Hello
can someone help identify this wrasse
thank you

 

[Kershaw]

Maybe a black leapored wrasse

 

[pedro]

Maybe a black leapored wrasse

at first I thought it
but this has yellow dorsal fin
and body stains are also yellow
thanks

 

[Kershaw]

Oh ok. I can't see that in picture. It's a leapored for sure. There is a thread on here called let me id your wrasse.

 

[pedro]

Oh ok. I can't see that in picture. It's a leapored for sure. There is a thread on here called let me id your wrasse.

I'm a disaster with my phone when I want to make a picture
thanks

 

[4FordFamily]

This is definitely a male black leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
What a gem you have found here. Most any wrasse nerd on this forum would drool over that guy. Great find!

@eatbreakfast @evolved

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yep, that's a black leopard, Macropharyngodon negrosensis. Juveniles have more yellow along the dorsal and in the body.

 

[pedro]

This is definitely a male black leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
What a gem you have found here. Most any wrasse nerd on this forum would drool over that guy. Great find!

@eatbreakfast @evolved

thanks for your help
that wrasse i buy directly from Indonesia
i dont now the correct zone
regards

 

[4FordFamily]

Yep, that's a black leopard, Macropharyngodon negrosensis. Juveniles have more yellow along the dorsal and in the body.

Good catch, so not a male? I couldn't check for scale but should have known based on the ratio of eye size to body size

 

[evolved]

Good catch, so not a male? I couldn't check for scale but should have known based on the ratio of eye size to body size

Far from male:

 

[4FordFamily]

Far from male:

Wow! Shows you what I know. That's beautiful! The markings on the head should have made it obvious to me