Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

[DFWreefjunky]

I got this guy from a local wholesaler, however after getting home, I think there may have been a language barrier. I interpreted it as a 'male Lobos wrasse', but after some research I found nothing under that. Please help! [emoji17]

 

[eatbreakfast]

I got this guy from a local wholesaler, however after getting home, I think there may have been a language barrier. I interpreted it as a 'male Lobos wrasse', but after some research I found nothing under that. Please help! [emoji17]

Its a male Cirrhilabrus lubbocki, or lubbocks wrasse. Yous is the Bali variant.

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

Its a male Cirrhilabrus lubbocki, or lubbocks wrasse. Yous is the Bali variant.

I have one of these as well, how can I identify a female when I'm at the lfs? I'd love to have a pair of them.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have one of these as well, how can I identify a female when I'm at the lfs? I'd love to have a pair of them.

Females are uniformly pink with a black spot on the caudal peduncle, though females of closely related species look very similar. Personally I would recommend getting another species of fairy or flasher wrasse, as females in captivity usually transition to males and males are more aggressive towards males of the same species than males of a different species.

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

Females are uniformly pink with a black spot on the caudal peduncle, though females of closely related species look very similar. Personally I would recommend getting another species of fairy or flasher wrasse, as females in captivity usually transition to males and males are more aggressive towards males of the same species than males of a different species.

Thank you.

 

[DFWreefjunky]

And now the "Lobos" vs "Lubbocks" makes sense lol. [emoji4] thanks a ton guys!! [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]

 

[wordflo]

I have a wrasse that I am trying to ID. I have been told it's a fairy wrasse. I do not know if it's a boy or girl wrasse. These are the best pictures I have, it's a fast little fello to photograph. I did my best. It has special markings and a black spot on each side of It's tail.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have a wrasse that I am trying to ID. I have been told it's a fairy wrasse. I do not know if it's a boy or girl wrasse. These are the best pictures I have, it's a fast little fello to photograph. I did my best. It has special markings and a black spot on each side of It's tail.

It is a young male Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis. The black marks on the caudal peduncle will go away as it matures.

 

[evolved]

+1 on rubripinnis

 

[markh792]

The one in the lower middle.

 

[evolved]

I've been requested to abstain from this one

 

[eatbreakfast]

The one in the lower middle.

Not 100% sure on the designation "lower middle", but the lowest centered fish in the pic is a young male Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus.

 

[markh792]

How can you tell that he has already turned male?

 

[eatbreakfast]

How can you tell that he has already turned male?

The margin in the tail has turned red and there is color in the dorsal, and it's body has different shades of color to it, rather than being uniformly pink pst the head.

 

[ohioboy706]

id please

Id please

 

[SaltyT]

Looks like a female pylei.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Looks like a female pylei.

I would agree.

 

[evolved]

X3 there

 

[eatbreakfast]

Here is one for fun, who besides Hunter will get it?

 

[townjas]

There are a few that have that kind of a stripe as a juvenile.