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Yes, but just barely transitioning.C. roseafacia? Transitional male?
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DD had it listed as a terminal male.
Been watching it for a few days.....couldn't resist. I love watching wrasse grow up!
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They're not perfect on their listing ID's, but it's pretty rare I see then miss a bit. A favorable miss here, IMO.DD had it listed as a terminal male.
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I was in my be of our LFSs here in Phoenix. They have a beautiful wrasse and they him labeled as a Cebu Exquisite Fairy wrasse. I have personally never seen or heard of that species so I’m looking for some assistance. It looks to me as a Scott’s Fairy Wrasse. Please see the pic below.
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Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatusI was in my be of our LFSs here in Phoenix. They have a beautiful wrasse and they him labeled as a Cebu Exquisite Fairy wrasse. I have personally never seen or heard of that species so I’m looking for some assistance. It looks to me as a Scott’s Fairy Wrasse. Please see the pic below.
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Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus, blackfin fairy wrasse.I was in my be of our LFSs here in Phoenix. They have a beautiful wrasse and they him labeled as a Cebu Exquisite Fairy wrasse. I have personally never seen or heard of that species so I’m looking for some assistance. It looks to me as a Scott’s Fairy Wrasse. Please see the pic below.
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So I’m assuming it really aggressive. Ah bummer.
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It's not nearly as bad as scottorum. Its just a larger Cirrhilabrus species, so can be a little pushy.
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I have a red velvet, pintail, tri color. Would he be fine with those in a 180? I’m sure it’s a huge gamble
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It might work; use an acclimation box to be sure.
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P. flavianalis x P. filamentosus hybrid.Anyone want to take a stab at this one?
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? Filaments and caudal shape of the filamentosus and caudal color of the flavianalis? Trying to learn!
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More or less; you can see both fish in there mashed together. Coloration of the dorsal and anal are much more flavianalis.
That whole classification debate is a mess. I haven't seen the paper on paineorum yet, but it certainly feels rather unresolved to me.I knew you were going to say that.I was told P. Paineorum, which is a hybrid correct?
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Not the best pics but he has a yellow belly. His anal fin is redish and reminds me of P. Rubricaudalis
Yeah seems that way. But reminds me of poor man's P. Bellae. He has great colors. Thanks!
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LOL. Funny you bring this up. I've had a long PM going with a member over the course of the past month helping assess his wish list. I noticed this one today when DD listings went live and saw right away it's not punctatus. Then the member messages me and says "I bought the punctatus today". I told him to cancel it.Nice fish and already snapped up. LA DD had it as a C. punctatus from Fiji. What do you think? Don’t recognize that coloration from Fiji.
So you'll probably see it come back tomorrow or Wednesday. So what's the deal here? It's definitely temminckii, but temminckii isn't found in Fiji - hence why it got the punctatus label. So either temminckii has a bigger range then previously known, or the Fiji label is wrong on it. I suspect the latter...
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Close call! Well, I feel a little better. I bought a “beauperryi” that turned out to be punctatus. Good looking fish, but I guess my punctatus would not like it much.
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