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[cu455]

Here is a video.

 

[saltyhog]

Any chances it could be a red margin super male?

Two common names for the same fish.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Any ideas on my wrasse?

 

[DLuce510]

Thank you guys for your help.

 

[cu455]

 

[eatbreakfast]

Id please
Would get a tank shot but it immediately buried itself and has yet to be seen again

Can't tell based off of this pic, it doesn't appear to have occelli, but would need to see a better view of the full body.

I can't make an exact I.D. from these pics, but the caudal is lunate and not rounded, so it is either angulatus, filamentosus, cyaneus, or a hybrid with one of those species.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Lfs said was a green coris but its not green at all they said it was when it was put in but changed color maybe due to eating flatworms which they have tons of if that helps didnt know they could change due to that

 

[eatbreakfast]

Lfs said was a green coris but its not green at all they said it was when it was put in but changed color maybe due to eating flatworms which they have tons of if that helps didnt know they could change due to that

It could certainly be a green coris. They are highly variable in color, and diet and environment can be factors, though I haven't heard of the flatworm theory.

 

[4FordFamily]

I just traded a dragon wrasse in, I loved it but he loved to move every loose rock I had and killed 2 frags burying them in the sand while I was at work. But I really liked him

That sounds like red coris wrasse also they move everything

 

[NVTE]

Can't find information about this Wrasse
Please help ID it. Thanks

 

[eatbreakfast]

Can't find information about this Wrasse
Please help ID it. Thanks

Female Halichoeres timorensis, a smaller, more peaceful, more reef safe Halichoeres species. It buries in sand at night, and like all wrasses needs a tight fitting lid.

 

[blueyesea]

Male or Female? How do you tell? I think it's a yellowtail tamarin wrasse, correct?

Also, I read it's a carnivore. I have tried feeding different frozen foods, but it seems content to eat off the rocks. Should I supplement with pods just to make sure there is enough?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Male or Female? How do you tell? I think it's a yellowtail tamarin wrasse, correct?

Correct. Anampses meleagrides. The males lose the yellow tail.

 

[NVTE]

Female Halichoeres timorensis, a smaller, more peaceful, more reef safe Halichoeres species. It buries in sand at night, and like all wrasses needs a tight fitting lid.

Thanks TJ

 

[blueyesea]

Correct. Anampses meleagrides. The males lose the yellow tail.

Awesome, Thanks! What about diet? It's picking from the rocks and doesn't eat any frozen food when it floats through the water... Should I supplement some pods just in case?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Awesome, Thanks! What about diet? It's picking from the rocks and doesn't eat any frozen food when it floats through the water... Should I supplement some pods just in case?

Anampses can be finicky, think leopard wrasse, but gets bigger. They will foage for pods all day, but should accept common frozen fare too. Supplementing pods won't do much, but won't do any harm either.

 

[townjas]

I'd please. I bought it at a yellow headed wrasse, but I am thinking that is not what this is

 

[eatbreakfast]

I'd please. I bought it at a yellow headed wrasse, but I am thinking that is not what this is

It is indeed a yellow headed wrasse, Halichoeres garnoti. Your individual is in midtransition.

 

[townjas]

It is indeed a yellow headed wrasse, Halichoeres garnoti. Your individual is in midtransition.

I looked a little and found that it's was still a C.Garnoti but wasn't sure if the difference was juvenile to adult or some other reason

 

[Wrassemussen]

ID please. This wrasse was the thumbnail for the Diver's Den fish page, but it wasn't there when I clicked in. My gut says Haliocheres, but I am stumped beyond that.