Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[Rybren]

Thanks! I guess my doubts were well founded.

 

[Sean_Mcclellan]

Wrasse ID

Can anyone ID this wrasse?

Was sold as female flame wrasse, but does not look like other female flames I've seen. The male is def a flame but they were sold as a pair but in different bags I do not think they were a true pair....

 

[ReeferBean]

Maybe a C rubripinnus Red Fin Fairy Wrasse

I agree though it doesn't look like a female flame.

 

[TUSI]

It looks like a juvenile male flame.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Maybe a C rubripinnus Red Fin Fairy Wrasse

I agree though it doesn't look like a female flame.

Agreed. It is a male C. rubripinnis.

It looks like a juvenile male flame.

There is no such thing. A wrasse begins life as a juvenile, then transitions to female, then transitions to a male.

 

[TUSI]

Oops thank you for correcting me

 

[Loki]

This isn't mine. It was shipped as a flame wrasse but I think it's a female flasher wrasse. Maybe McKoskers female.

This is my female flame wrasse

 

[eatbreakfast]

The fish in question is a male C. rubripinnis, not a female flame, nor a Paracheilinus species.

 

[Aquaph8]

I've seen that fish listed as a red flasher so many times.

 

[evolved]

The fish in question is a male C. rubripinnis, not a female flame, nor a Paracheilinus species.

+2

I've seen that fish listed as a red flasher so many times.

As have I, as well as filamentosus listed as a flasher... :cringe:
Lots of mis-labeled wrasses are sold, when it comes to the cheap ones at least.

 

[Loki]

That one was sold as a flame. So it was a cheap in place of a pricey one. I'm not sure what's going to happen with it.

 

[Aquaph8]

The wholesalers sell them as assorted wrasses mixed in with Mccoskers and carpenters etc.....

 

[Dannycelluk]

I think this is an ornate, but how do you tell the sex? Cheers dan

 

[Aquaph8]

I believe with the ornate the males just have a little darker coloration, the change isn't as drastic as some of the other leopards.

 

[evolved]

Coloration a bit, but mostly by patterns (Potter's are also this way). Yours is a female.

Note the pattern on the body, but specifically the pattern in the dorsal/anal fins.

Male:

Female:

 

[FDAWG]

ID Please?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Coloration a bit, but mostly by patterns (Potter's are also this way). Yours is a female.

Note the pattern on the body, but specifically the pattern in the dorsal/anal fins.

Male:


Female:

As well as the facial markings, the smaller spotting on the lower jaw of the females becomes longer and more drawn out as it matures.

ID Please?

That is a male Halichoeres leucurus. It is a species that buries at night and when frightened so sand is a better substrate than a courser grade, as a substrate of too large a grain size can cause damage to a sand burying species.

 

[MattL22]

Looking for an I'd on this guy

 

[Aquaph8]

Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis

 

[Dannycelluk]

Cheers for the ID on the ornate, what about my China? Male or female? Cheers

Dan