Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

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The risk (and fear) at this point is infection. The tissue can heal back over the jaws, but typically it gets infected once abraded and then it's all downhill from there.
 
I just now got home and it is still after its reflection. So that's it's jaw that is exposed? Dang. Is there anything I could do to make it stop and then to help it heal without infection?
 
Yes, you're looking at exposed bone.

Put some white paper on the outside of the tank where he's attacking; that'll kill the refelction and make the behavior stop at least.

There's not much you can do about it in the tank; if you removed it to a hospital/QT tank you could then treat with antibiotics. But catching/moving is going to induce stress too, so there's risk in that as well.
 
I acquired a pretty neat looking wrasse today which was labeled as a green wrasse however it bares little resemblance to the green wrasse photos online. Any ideas?
 

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^Xenojulis margaritaceus. It is closely related to leopard wrasses and will behave similarly. Yours is a male.
 
It's gorgeous O.O
I may have just exchanged a fish on my potential stock list.
 
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I wanted an (M.?) bipartitus...any chance of a male of that and X. margaritaceus sharing a 150g tank peacefully?
 
From the video it looks to be a juvie M. bipartitus, but if you know what the adults look like that would be a big help.
 
I'm thinking Halichoeres species, given the size of the eye spots and especially with the lateral line which seems to be developing on them.
 
Let me share the roots of this so it may throw some light on this case XDDD

I got those from a pond on a reef, you know... those that are left to dry when the tide goes down... i was walking over the beach... and found a tiny tiny pond of like 3 inches deep and 20 inches long with them... its 12 noon... the tide went down at 9am.... and the fishes are clearly not good... si i figured.... free food for my starfish XD... got a 1 gallon ziplock, trow some water on it from the sea... picked them by hand.... and then drived them home... i never imagined that when i got to take the back from the car..... the little things would be alive.... i mean... i was hoping to have maybe the small one with a vertical line on it alive... but the 3 of them have done a wonderfull recovery and after just 2 days they were eating flakes and pellets alike... but i have no idea what they are, how big are they going to get or nothing.... same applies for my blue damsellfish, the only "commercial" fish i havent got from that way its my lawnmower, as for the corals.... on the same beach they practice something we call, pesca de arrastre.... wich its bassically dragging a net all over the bottom of the beach.... destroying everything on its way... so i go every now and then on the mornings and pick corals and stuff that usually recover on my tank... the only thing i have purchased its my hammer wich i felt in love at first sight and it looks like it was mutual as its already dividing itself in 3 branches....

now.... i live in Costa Rica, and the beach i go to pick stuff to, its called playa mantas.... its kinda difficult to access so its not that known.
 
Seeing the video of the slightly older ones I would agree w Hunter on the Genus being Halichoeres. At that age they are still hard to id specific species, but knowing exactly where they were collected is very cool.

Its great that you can stock up on a budget. Keep us updated on their development and any other interesting fish. Up here in the states we dont see fish collected from Costa Rica too often.
 
Unknown wrasse help.

Can anyone id this juvenile wrasse? I bought it as a Green Corris but I know that it is not that.
 

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No. Not a yellow corris. It has orange and green lines and tan ish body even when not stressed
 

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