Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

evolved · Oct 22, 2013

_Alex_ said:
Sorry best I could do with my iPhone and a swimming fish lol. Bought as a red wrasse lol

Really is pretty good description lol probably 3" nose to tail, does not borrow in the sand that I have seen. But was in a bare bottom for a year and now in a tank with sand.

-Alex-

Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis. No sand required for Cirrhilabrus (fairy) wrasses.

ingtar_shinowa said:
heres another hunter

Female Cirrhilabrus of the lubbocki complex.
And it probably is lubbocki, but these all look so similar as females. It could be: C. lubbocki, C. adornatus (less likely), C. flavidorsalis (the other strong candidate), or even C. marjorie.

ingtar_shinowa · Oct 22, 2013

so you are saying buy both females and let them FIGHT!

_Alex_ · Oct 22, 2013

Thanks for the quick reply

-Alex-

rockinzebra457 · Oct 22, 2013

What if my C. Rose doesnt have any black spots on the pelvic fin?

evolved · Oct 22, 2013

ingtar_shinowa said:
so you are saying buy both females and let them FIGHT!

Both? There's only one fish in the photo? But two females of the same species wouldn't fight.

_Alex_ said:
Thanks for the quick reply

No problem!

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rockinzebra457 said:
What if my C. Rose doesnt have any black spots on the pelvic fin?

What species exactly? And if you could share a photo, that would be most helpful.

rockinzebra457 · Oct 22, 2013

I believe it's a C. roseafascia and im gonna try and get a clear pic with my phone because thats all I have.

evolved · Oct 22, 2013

Ah, now I understand what you're asking.

Those dark spots won't develop until the fish is somewhat mature.

mnat · Oct 22, 2013

Hunter does it look like my female earles is turning?

rockinzebra457 · Oct 22, 2013

evolved said:
Ah, now I understand what you're asking.

Those dark spots won't develop until the fish is somewhat mature.

I thought he was mature because he came with a female.
Heres the best I can get for now.

eatbreakfast · Oct 23, 2013

That is not C. roseafascia, it is C. jordani, flame wrasse.

evolved · Oct 23, 2013

mnat said:
Hunter does it look like my female earles is turning?

There's some signs of it, yes. But in my experience, he/she and the male I presume you already have will work it out and coexist.

rockinzebra457 said:
I thought he was mature because he came with a female.

eatbreakfast said:
That is not C. roseafascia, it is C. jordani, flame wrasse.

Yup; this ^ is correct. And therefore why you'll never see dark spots on the pelvic fins.

rockinzebra457 · Oct 23, 2013

Opps I got the scientific names messed up. I thought C. Rose was the scientific name for a flame wrasse. Sorry for the confusion.

nivram · Oct 29, 2013

What am I? A buddy showed me this wrasse. I've never seen one like it before.

_Alex_ · Oct 29, 2013

Well crappy news. Our wrasse you ID a just a few days ago. I found stuck to a power head and dead the other night. No idea how or why, had ate fine twice that day and night before lights out. And had went to bed like normal. And then found stuck to power head getting up at about 4-5am to use te bathroom. Sucks had that one for going on 3 years...

-Alex-

eatbreakfast · Oct 29, 2013

Cirrhilabrus pylei from Cebu.

evolved · Oct 29, 2013

nivram said:
What am I? A buddy showed me this wrasse. I've never seen one like it before.

Cirrhilabrus pylei, Cebu variant. Which have actually been more common lately than the "traditional" pylei.

_Alex_ said:
Well crappy news. Our wrasse you ID a just a few days ago. I found stuck to a power head and dead the other night. No idea how or why, had ate fine twice that day and night before lights out. And had went to bed like normal. And then found stuck to power head getting up at about 4-5am to use te bathroom. Sucks had that one for going on 3 years...

It may have simply been old age. In the photo, it appeared to be quite large for the species. Some wrasses don't have very long lifespans, and it doesn't help age at the time of purchase is already a mystery.