Wrasse I.D

[Galeas]

Hey all,

just looking for a possible I.D on my wrasse. We purchased her as a female blue throat flasher, however we don’t see any blue on her underside.
Sorry for the rough photos, she’s hard to get a picture of!!

Thanks in advance!!

 

[fishguy242]

@SaltyT @Crabby48

 

[i cant think]

Hey all,

just looking for a possible I.D on my wrasse. We purchased her as a female blue throat flasher, however we don’t see any blue on her underside.
Sorry for the rough photos, she’s hard to get a picture of!!

Thanks in advance!!

Blue throat fairy.
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis.
As he matures he will gain the blue throat that this wrasse is well known for. They are also a more aggressive species out of the genus Cirrhilabrus so you do need to be careful mixing him with other wrasses.

 

[Crabby48]

Agree with I can’t think

 

[blaxsun]

Nice wrasse (pretty sure this is a female, as the male has much more elaborate fins and colors).

 

[SaltyT]

Hey all,

just looking for a possible I.D on my wrasse. We purchased her as a female blue throat flasher, however we don’t see any blue on her underside.
Sorry for the rough photos, she’s hard to get a picture of!!

Thanks in advance!!

It's not a female C. cyanogularis. Females in this group have a black spot on the caudal peduncle. It looks like C. rubripinnis to me.

 

[i cant think]

It's not a female C. cyanogularis. Females in this group have a black spot on the caudal peduncle. It looks like C. rubripinnis to me.

Id personally say it’s a young male that has yet to gain the blue throat that Cyanogularis are known for.
To me the fins are incorrect for a male rubripinnis. Also female rubripinnis also show the black spot on the caudal peduncle and blue lines on their faces.

 

[SaltyT]

Id personally say it’s a young male that has yet to gain the blue throat that Cyanogularis are known for.
To me the fins are incorrect for a male rubripinnis. Also female rubripinnis also show the black spot on the caudal peduncle and blue lines on their faces.

Should have been more clear, I meant the filamentosus group not cyanogularis specifically.

Out of curiosity, what about the fins do you think are wrong for rubripinnis?

 

[i cant think]

Should have been more clear, I meant the filamentosus group not cyanogularis specifically.

Out of curiosity, what about the fins do you think are wrong for rubripinnis?

To me they appear the wrong colour, even females have the red in their fins. The guy in the photo shows a much darker anal fin which the rubripinnis has a red anal fin. The dorsal also doesn’t look quite so red and is slightly more clear unless that’s due to him not flashing in a while if ever.

 

[SaltyT]

To me they appear the wrong colour, even females have the red in their fins. The guy in the photo shows a much darker anal fin which the rubripinnis has a red anal fin. The dorsal also doesn’t look quite so red and is slightly more clear unless that’s due to him not flashing in a while if ever.

I can see where you're coming from, but I don't see any development of the thin black stripe at the end of the dorsal fin which is a characteristic of cyanogularis. At his size this should be present unless the pics just aren't picking it up.