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I have not seen this type of wrasse before, it is beautiful though. There is a thread where they ID wrasses, maybe put your photo on there as well.
Very nice!!!
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Gorgeous wrasse!!
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numsie
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I got it at my local FS that specializes in the reef hobby, the shop is called Sea Schor and the owner is Steve Schor and it's in Buffalo Grove Illinois. He just got 5 of them and I got a great deal at $165.00, Live Aquaria has them listed at $199.00 when they have one and right now they don't have any. I usually don't like to spend that much on a fish but when I saw it I knew I had to have it. If anyone would like to contact Steve just let me know, he has great stuff and knows his craft.
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Eienna
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I would love one of those...but it's probably not a good option for me. I feel rare fish should be bred (or at least the attempt made) if they are to be owned at all. I would also be concerned that it looks too much like my planned anthias and may be bullied because of it.
Rare doesn't necessarily mean endangered. Some fish are just hard to catch or part of their population may live in protected waters. I do agree they should be bred. In fact I think it would be wise to only keep fish that we can breed in captivity...but that would definitely reduce our choices 
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That would be awesome to do, but most of us aren't able to commit to funding such a large project or the time (I hear that breeding clownfish you have to feed them live food multiple times a day, which most of us don't have that kind of luxury). Anyways, like someone already said. Rare doesn't always mean actually scarce in the wild. It's because they're either located in deep waters, come from dangerous to collect areas, or are located in an area far from regular collection sites. So it's cost of collection that drives the prices up for a reason and usually things that are a pita to do are expensive.
Some fish, like some puffers, require marine environments to live, but breed or lay eggs in brackish water or even fresh. You'd have to mimic their journey to the river...wouldn't be a cheap on at all lol.
