Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

eatbreakfast · Oct 4, 2015

Wrassesngobies said:
What do they usually run, price wise? The original one I have isn't aggressive at all, but she doesn't really take any crap from the flasher she is in with, who is kind of a jerk. He's actually one of the most aggressive and dominant wrasses I own. The female cf. pylei definitely knows who I am and actively begs for food, and even has rammed my fingers trying to get food. I see they are yellow on Hunter's complex chart and he says they are variable on the agro scale. The big one is nowhere close to changing to male. I've had her 4 months and she sat at petco for 3 or so, because I watched her and wanted to get her but the time was never right.

Zac

Females will go between $30-$50.

Wrassesngobies said:
I had this female this spring but she had swim bladder issues unfortunately. I think she was an exquisite possibly.

A young male exquisite.

Wrassesngobies · Oct 4, 2015

I am getting better I think at getting an ID but I always want other opinions. I'm not as good at wrasse ID as I am at plant ID.

EnLight · Oct 7, 2015

I've had this guy for quite a while but could never ID him on my own. The reason I want to find out now is that he's become a bit aggressive, especially towards other wrasse. He even nipped at my fingernail today for the first time, he's got some attitude. He's also survived and been through some **** so maybe that toughened him up a bit lol. Hopefully these pics are good enough to get an ID.

eatbreakfast · Oct 7, 2015

EnLight said:
I've had this guy for quite a while but could never ID him on my own. The reason I want to find out now is that he's become a bit aggressive, especially towards other wrasse. He even nipped at my fingernail today for the first time, he's got some attitude. He's also survived and been through some **** so maybe that toughened him up a bit lol. Hopefully these pics are good enough to get an ID.

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis

mmarro99 · Oct 10, 2015

eatbreakfast · Oct 10, 2015

mmarro99 said:

A particularly striking male Paracheilinus rubricaudalis.

mmarro99 · Oct 10, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
A particularly striking male Paracheilinus rubricaudalis.

Thank you much, my buddy had this picture stored but no clue to what it was and he wants one bad lol. Tyty

saltyhog · Oct 10, 2015

Good luck to him, I've been looking for one for a year and a half. A couple of years ago it seemed like LA had them often.

eatbreakfast · Oct 11, 2015

saltyhog said:
Good luck to him, I've been looking for one for a year and a half. A couple of years ago it seemed like LA had them often.

They come from Vanuatu and there was a really bad tropical storm/hurricane earlier this year (March I think) that pretty much destroyed everything. So that had a pretty bad affect on the ornamental fish trade.

Rybren · Oct 16, 2015

This guy came into the LFS as a Carpenter's, but I know that it isn't. I was thinking a McKosker, but the red on the dorsal is throwing me off. Maybe it's still in transition or maybe it's something else altogether.

eatbreakfast · Oct 16, 2015

Rybren said:
This guy came into the LFS as a Carpenter's, but I know that it isn't. I was thinking a McKosker, but the red on the dorsal is throwing me off. Maybe it's still in transition or maybe it's something else altogether.

It's a male mckoskers.

evolved · Oct 16, 2015

Yeah, mccoskeri. The dorsal coloration can be a bit variable; it's within the realm of "normal".

Rybren · Oct 16, 2015

Thanks guys.

RavenSF · Oct 17, 2015

I got this at a LFS that while picking up some snails. It was labeled as a pintail wrasse for $120, I'm thinking I got a deal. I'm thinking it's Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus.

eatbreakfast · Oct 17, 2015

RavenSF said:
I got this at a LFS that while picking up some snails. It was labeled as a pintail wrasse for $120, I'm thinking I got a deal. I'm thinking it's Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus.

Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus, pintail wrasse. $120 is a really good price for a male.