Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[CoralWealth]

Yellowfin flasher?

 

[eatbreakfast]

McCoskers?

Yes...

Yellowfin flasher?

...and yes.

 

[CoralWealth]

Yes...

...and yes.

Thanks! Just wanted to make sure as they have had a little aggression towards each other and my carpenters flasher. Nothing crazy and no one is in hiding but a lot of chasing so just wanted to make sure they were all different. This is in a 180 gallon.

 

[Millimylilly]

Ok I got two difficult ones for you!

 

[Millimylilly]

 

[datCharles]

Brunneus?

 

[evolved]

Ok I got two difficult ones for you!

First one is a Paracheilinus species. Could be ~4 different species; need to see the fins clearly in a picture in order to tell anything more.
Second fish is Macropharyngodon ornatus.

Brunneus?

Yes, C. brunneus on the first, C. rubrimarginatus on the second.

 

[Mortie31]

Hi All, this wrasse was sold to me as a diamond tail, but it doesn’t really resemble to pictures I’ve seen of them, I’ll try to get a better picture soon but he’s a bit camera shy, the spots either side of his dorsal fin are so distinct in real life. Do you think it is a diamond tail?

 

[Matt Carden]

If it isn't, did u pay what LA wants for one? Doesn't look like what LA has posted

 

[evolved]

Hi All, this wrasse was sold to me as a diamond tail, but it doesn’t really resemble to pictures I’ve seen of them, I’ll try to get a better picture soon but he’s a bit camera shy, the spots either side of his dorsal fin are so distinct in real life. Do you think it is a diamond tail?

Cirrhilabrus roseafascia.

 

[Matt Carden]

Biocellatus or Ornatissimus?

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[evolved]

Biocellatus or Ornatissimus?

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biocellatus

ornatissimus has a continuous greenish stripe along the base of the dorsal at this phase, whereas biocellatus has a continuous stripe along the side of the body.

 

[Matt Carden]

biocellatus

ornatissimus has a continuous greenish stripe along the base of the dorsal at this phase, whereas biocellatus has a continuous stripe along the side of the body.

Thank you

 

[Matt Carden]

She's still gorgeous and the most efficient hunter in my tank! But not a Christmas Wrasse.

 

[Mortie31]

Cirrhilabrus roseafascia.

Thank you looks spot on to me

 

[Mortie31]

If it isn't, did u pay what LA wants for one? Doesn't look like what LA has posted

I bought a pair for £130..

 

[evolved]

I bought a pair for £130..

Not sure about your typical market values, but that's a good price on this side of the globe. Although a pair will spell trouble when they both turn male...
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/pairing-wrasses-thats-not-how-any-of-this-works.3/

 

[Mortie31]

Not sure about your typical market values, but that's a good price on this side of the globe. Although a pair will spell trouble when they both turn male...
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/pairing-wrasses-thats-not-how-any-of-this-works.3/

They had been in my LFS for over a year as a pair, which is why I got a good deal I think, do they always turn male? The male is a good inch longer than the female.

 

[evolved]

They had been in my LFS for over a year as a pair, which is why I got a good deal I think, do they always turn male? The male is a good inch longer than the female.

Always? No. But I'll give it 90% odds, eventually. They'll be a pair for a while and even spawn, until one day...

 

[Mortie31]

Always? No. But I'll give it 90% odds, eventually. They'll be a pair for a while and even spawn, until one day...

Yeah just read the article you posted... doesnt sound promising... thankyou for your help, I think there stunning fish