Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

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Wetmorella albofasciata.

Is there something specific that makes you believe this is albofasciata and not tanakai?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Is there something specific that makes you believe this is albofasciata and not tanakai?

I was just looking at the stripes and answered too quickly. It is tanaka.

 

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I was just looking at the stripes and answered too quickly. It is tanaka.

Thanks for the ID!

 

[lilchris_357]

I just picked this wrasse up from the LFS, it appears to be a juvi/female exquisite wrasse.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I just picked this wrasse up from the LFS, it appears to be a juvi/female exquisite wrasse.

Transitioning C. cyanopleura.

 

[lilchris_357]

Transitioning C. cyanopleura.

How are they with other wrasses? Live aquaria say they are peaceful. I'm hoping so or I might have to take it back to the lfs. I want a few wrasses in my tank but I don't want any bullies. I know that's a big gamble with wrasses.

 

[eatbreakfast]

How are they with other wrasses? Live aquaria say they are peaceful. I'm hoping so or I might have to take it back to the lfs. I want a few wrasses in my tank but I don't want any bullies. I know that's a big gamble with wrasses.

They are in the middle of the aggression scale of fairy wrasses. They should be fine in most cases. Just use a social acclimation box when adding new wrasses to existing ones.

 

[evolved]

^Agree; you should be just fine.

 

[Janci]

Hi guys. Any ID on this one? It has nice long dorsal fins.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hi guys. Any ID on this one? It has nice long dorsal fins.

Cirrhilabrus filamentosus, whipfin fairy wrasse. It's a pretty aggressive species towards other flasher and fairy wrasses.

 

[evolved]

Hi guys. Any ID on this one? It has nice long dorsal fins.

Cirrhilabrus filamentosus, whipfin fairy wrasse. It's a pretty aggressive species towards other flasher and fairy wrasses.

Actually, it's Cirrhilabrus tonozukai. (TJ, look at the color of the anal/pelvic fins!)
But it's nearly as aggressive as filamentosus.

 

[Maritimer]

C. tonozukai . . .

Isn't that the species folks are assigning those red wrasses with the blue throat to? Or are they more of a "cf. tonozukai"?

~Bruce

 

[evolved]

C. tonozukai . . .

Isn't that the species folks are assigning those red wrasses with the blue throat to? Or are they more of a "cf. tonozukai"?

~Bruce

Eh, TBD. I've been using the cf. designation as I believe it's a unique species, but until someone does a genetic study on them, we don't know yet.

 

[Gweeds1980]

A really boring one for you... sold as a 'green wrasse'. I assume Halichoeres chloropterus but want to be sure as it seems a lot more blue than others I've seen.

 

[Gweeds1980]

A really boring one for you... sold as a 'green wrasse'. I assume Halichoeres chloropterus but want to be sure as it seems a lot more blue than others I've seen.

Pic helps!!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Pic helps!!

Yup. H. chloropterus.

 

[evolved]

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Only the juvi's are the bright chartreuse green you may be thinking of. Adults of the species become nearly a dull gray.

 

[Gweeds1980]

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Only the juvi's are the bright chartreuse green you may be thinking of. Adults of the species become nearly a dull gray.

Thanks for that, makes sense. This guys about 5" and obviously beginning to go grey... makes me feel better, I didn't get my first grey til I was nearly 30 lol.

 

[evolved]

Thanks for that, makes sense. This guys about 5" and obviously beginning to go grey... makes me feel better, I didn't get my first grey til I was nearly 30 lol.

They also tend to get pretty aggressive and belligerent as they age; hopefully a trait you don't also share.

 

[Gweeds1980]

They also tend to get pretty aggressive and belligerent as they age; hopefully a trait you don't also share.

Nah, although according to my other half I'm well on the way to becoming a grumpy old man [emoji2]