Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[evolved]

By complex do you mean wrasse in general or Cirrhilabrus specifically? i was under the impression that most wrasse are relatively peaceful? I have definitely caught the bug after adding this guy so I'm hopeful I can add one or two more variants in the future..

The filamentosus complex: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/cirrhilabrus-complexes-inferiority-need-not-apply-1st-revision.352/

 

[Conor_K]

Pick me up just to throw me back down again...
Great info, much appreciated.

 

[saltyhog]

Pick me up just to throw me back down again...
Great info, much appreciated.

Yep the pretty girls often seem to be the mean ones!

 

[OrionN]

Pick me up just to throw me back down again...
Great info, much appreciated.

This wrasse give me the wrasse disease also.
He is a pretty aggressive wrasse unless you have a large tank.

 

[Jcarvallo]

My new flasher.
Bougth as a carpenteri but Im not sure now.
Mccosker maybe?

 

[OrionN]

You are right. It is a McCosker

 

[evolved]

My new flasher.
Bougth as a carpenteri but Im not sure now.
Mccosker maybe?

P. mccoskeri is correct.

 

[anon9896]

Bought this wrass, named (christmas wrass)
knowing they might change color , is this a melanurus wrass ?
FYI it has two very shiny gold bands on the back

 

[evolved]

Bought this wrass, named (christmas wrass)
knowing they might change color , is this a melanurus wrass ?
FYI it has two very shiny gold bands on the back

H. biocellatus

 

[anon9896]

Thank you very much !

H. biocellatus

Thank you very much!

 

[mattzang]

c. katherinae or the temminicki variant? if it's the latter, does it get massive like temminicki does?

 

[evolved]

c. katherinae or the temminicki variant? if it's the latter, does it get massive like temminicki does?

Katherinae (but there's still debate if that namesake ever warranted a unique species name).

 

[mattzang]

Katherinae (but there's still debate if that namesake ever warranted a unique species name).

i honestly didn't even know about the debate until i started researching it this morning. my lfs has had real temminickis in before and ho mai, those are big fish. didn't want to stumble upon one by accident

the temminicki complex really didn't do much for me, but my lfs has this one in and it kind of caught my eye. i'm planning a peaceful fairy wrasse list based around orangeback being the dominant one, would a katherines work with that in mind?

 

[evolved]

I'd avoid then. The orangeback is pretty passive; this is highly likely to be dominant over it.

 

[mattzang]

I'd avoid then. The orangeback is pretty passive; this is highly likely to be dominant over it.

thanks as always dude!

 

[Kyl]

Local guys think this is a T. jansenii? Not the greatest quality or size, it's from a FB video, can't seem to link.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Local guys think this is a T. jansenii? Not the greatest quality or size, it's from a FB video, can't seem to link.

That is indeed Thalassoma janseni.

 

[evolved]

Agree on jansenii

 

[fragit]

Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura? Or something else?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura? Or something else?

Correct, C. cf cyanopleura.