Went away for a week and my "pintail" fairy changed sex on me. Had him since macna last year in DC. Pretty sure it's not a pintail but what he is im not certain. Leaning lunatus?
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Definitely a lunatus.Went away for a week and my "pintail" fairy changed sex on me. Had him since macna last year in DC. Pretty sure it's not a pintail but what he is im not certain. Leaning lunatus?
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Yeah, that's C. cf. lunatus. Philippine variant.Went away for a week and my "pintail" fairy changed sex on me. Had him since macna last year in DC. Pretty sure it's not a pintail but what he is im not certain. Leaning lunatus?
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It's a female Pylei (Cirrhilabrus pylei).I have been looking online for my wrasse which was labeled "fairy wrasse" at the fish store (not the lubbock wrasse). I still have no clue what it is. The closest I could find online was female kwazulu wrasse.
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Female C. cf. pylei, from Cebu.I have been looking online for my wrasse which was labeled "fairy wrasse" at the fish store (not the lubbock wrasse). I still have no clue what it is. The closest I could find online was female kwazulu wrasse.
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Can you get a sisde shot of it?Is this a p. Filamentosus or a p. Angulatus? Thanks!
It's dorsal and anal fins are very pointed, which is an indicator of angulatus. But, it also appears to have filaments on the dorsal, which angulatus lacks. However, hybrids do exist, so a side pic could confirm the id.
Here you go.
It does have a filamented dorsal fin which looks a bit different from a p. Filamentosus. The closest ID of this fish i've seen online is a p. filamentosus and p. Togeanensis hybrid but with a different anal fin.
It does have a filamented dorsal fin which looks a bit different from a p. Filamentosus. The closest ID of this fish i've seen online is a p. filamentosus and p. Togeanensis hybrid but with a different anal fin.
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It's filamentosus x angulatus hybrid.Here you go.
It does have a filamented dorsal fin which looks a bit different from a p. Filamentosus. The closest ID of this fish i've seen online is a p. filamentosus and p. Togeanensis hybrid but with a different anal fin.
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I'm with you on a hybrid of angulatus, but I'm thinking it's crossed with lineopunctatus over filamentosus. (angulatus x lineopunctatus)
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The reason I think that filamentosus is the cross rather than lineopunctatus is just how 'forked' the caudal is. When there is a cross between a species with a forked tail and a species with a rounded tail, the forks usually aren't as prominent.
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I had the same thought, but the patterns on the body, really fine and apparently numerous filaments, plus the purple pigments in the caudal/anal fins point me to lineopunctatus instead.
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Maybe it's cyaneus then? Do their ranges overlap? (I don't remember off the top of my head; off to look that up).
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I could see cyaneus more than lineopunctatus, but the anal and caudal fin coloring match up with a lot of the angulatus side of the fish.
And while the ranges of angulatus and cyaneus have some overlap. The overlap with angulatus and filamentosus is greater.
Offhand thought from a relative newbie, but I'm sure it would be both interesting and helpful to see a photo of that unique fish in a more relaxed situation, without the stress coloration . . .
He's certainly a fascinating exercise!
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He's certainly a fascinating exercise!
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Yeah, filamentosus x angulatus.
Can someone ID this also? some guy said it's a filamentes x angulatus hybrid.
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