Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[Duke4Life]

Would love to know what kind of wrasse this is. Was labeled as fairy wrasse at my LFS. My IPhone pic doesn't do it justice. Bright orange body, with floured eb purple markings and yellow/ purple tail.

Not a fairy but a flasher.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Would love to know what kind of wrasse this is. Was labeled as fairy wrasse at my LFS. My IPhone pic doesn't do it justice. Bright orange body, with flourescent purple markings and yellow/ purple tail.

Male P. flavianalis, yellowfin flasher wrasse.

 

[Robg719]

Not a fairy but a flasher.

That is what I thought.
Assume not good idea to get another wrasse? Really also like 6 line but heard that not a good idea to have more than one

 

[Duke4Life]

That is what I thought.
Assume not good idea to get another wrasse? Really also like 6 line but heard that not a good idea to have more than one

I wouldn't add none of the lines but flashers are easily mixed with other flashers or fairies.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I wouldn't add none of the lines but flashers are easily mixed with other flashers or fairies.

Agreed completely, lined wrasses equal trouble, fairy and flashers should be fine.

 

[Maritimer]

If I had to guess, a yellowfin flasher wrasse - cute one, too!

~Bruce

 

[eliramos]

That is what I thought.
Assume not good idea to get another wrasse? Really also like 6 line but heard that not a good idea to have more than one

Save yourself some grief and don't ever buy a six line wrasse

 

[Robg719]

If I had to guess, a yellowfin flasher wrasse - cute one, too!

~Bruce

Thanks. Its quite stunning in person, especially with the Actinic lights on

 

[evolved]

Would love to know what kind of wrasse this is. Was labeled as fairy wrasse at my LFS. My IPhone pic doesn't do it justice. Bright orange body, with flourescent purple markings and yellow/ purple tail.

Male P. flavianalis, yellowfin flasher wrasse.

Yes

Agreed completely, lined wrasses equal trouble, fairy and flashers should be fine.

And yes.

 

[Ben jammin]

Can I get an ID on this flasher at my LFS?

And this guy, labeled as a Longjaw wrasse. Is this what LA calls a twinspot wrasse?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Can I get an ID on this flasher at my LFS?

And this guy, labeled as a Longjaw wrasse. Is this what LA calls a twinspot wrasse?

The first is not a flasher. It is Cirrhilabrus filamentosus, whipfin flasher.

The second is Cheilinus bimaculatus, yes, LA refers to it as two spot wrasse, as that is what bimaculatus translates to from Latin.

 

[Ben jammin]

Thanks. So #1 ks a flasher then. Whipfins are aggressive right? Coums it hold its own in 260 with an established red velvet fairy, exquisite fairy, and cyanopleura?

Also, what do you know about the two spot? He'd be going into the same tank. Thanks!

 

[mr11]

I think breakfast meant whipfin fairy wrasse. It is a fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus), not a flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus)

 

[4FordFamily]

I think breakfast meant whipfin fairy wrasse. It is a fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus), not a flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus)

X2

 

[eatbreakfast]

I think breakfast meant whipfin fairy wrasse. It is a fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus), not a flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus)

X2

Thanks, I did mean fairy and not flasher.

Thanks. So #1 ks a flasher then. Whipfins are aggressive right? Coums it hold its own in 260 with an established red velvet fairy, exquisite fairy, and cyanopleura?

Also, what do you know about the two spot? He'd be going into the same tank. Thanks!

The whipfin will be more than able to hold it's own. In fact given time it will, in all liklihood, turn the table on the other fairies.

The two spot isn't all that aggressive to most community fish, even other wrasses, but it is quite predatory of inverts, such as shrimp, crabs, and snails, it is also predatory of small fish the size of neon gobies or smaller.

The two spot wrasse is one of a handful of fish that flouresce under actinics.

 

[4FordFamily]

What the heck is this?

http://www.nyaquatic.com/cirrhilabrus-sp-unidentified-fairy-wrasse/

 

[sfmacguy]

It's Gorgeous

 

[Greenstreet.1]

What the heck is this?

http://www.nyaquatic.com/cirrhilabrus-sp-unidentified-fairy-wrasse/

Wow very nice wish I could pull the trigger on this one[emoji91][emoji91]

 

[eatbreakfast]

What the heck is this?

http://www.nyaquatic.com/cirrhilabrus-sp-unidentified-fairy-wrasse/

It may or may not be a new species. It is definitely within the rubripinnis complex. It is was one of a handful of specimens that were collected in the Philippines, however, the region it was found is not knwn for endemism. This fish also shares most of the features of tonozuko, the most notable difference is the blue throat.

Interestingly, the blue throat shows up periodically on other species within the complex, such as rubripinnis and filamentosus. I would be willing to wager that it's mDNA CO1 will match tonozuko, but that hasn't stopped some of the ichthyologists that are 'splitters' from seperating species.

 

[4FordFamily]

It may or may not be a new species. It is definitely within the rubripinnis complex. It is was one of a handful of specimens that were collected in the Philippines, however, the region it was found is not knwn for endemism. This fish also shares most of the features of tonozuko, the most notable difference is the blue throat.

Interestingly, the blue throat shows up periodically on other species within the complex, such as rubripinnis and filamentosus. I would be willing to wager that it's mDNA CO1 will match tonozuko, but that hasn't stopped some of the ichthyologists that are 'splitters' from seperating species.

I wonder if the blue throat stuff is simply a supermale coloration that occurs occasionally? Reminds me of a "reverse" hummingbird