Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

mmarro99 · Mar 6, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
Actually a Halichoeres marginatus, female.

Cool, thank you!

evolved · Mar 7, 2016

+1 to that ID

Falk · Mar 7, 2016

Thanks for the help.

eatbreakfast · Mar 7, 2016

Falk said:
Thanks for the help.

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evolved · Mar 7, 2016

That's tough; there's a few possibilities right now. Any other pictures? Interested in the tail. Any other info? ie - region of collection.

As a best guess based on what I see: Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus

evolved · Mar 7, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
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Might be your network; loads for me.

Falk · Mar 7, 2016

Sold as a Lunate Fairy Japanese .

evolved · Mar 7, 2016

That's why I was asking those questions; it could be of the lunatus complex too, but that still leave the possibilities of lunatus, cf. lunatus, or cf. lanceolatus.

Falk · Mar 7, 2016

FoD · Mar 7, 2016

THIS! Only straight on head shots from now on people! Let's see how good Hunter and TJ really are at IDs!

eatbreakfast · Mar 7, 2016

Yeah, in the lunatus complex, but a conclusive i.d. won't be possible until it grows, especially as some from the Northern Philippines are being sold as Japanese Lunatus.

Falk · Mar 7, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
Yeah, in the lunatus complex, but a conclusive i.d. won't be possible until it grows, especially as some from the Northern Philippines are being sold as Japanese Lunatus.

Thanks!