Wrasse questions
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That's my usual stop, and probably my favorite of the three (there's one just East of there, and what used to be Aquapets on Maple). I haven't been in Scott Ruff's place for nearly a decade, but he used to have nice stuff.
mayday0237
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Rivers and Reefs on Maple used to be aqua pets. I used to drive here every couple months just to go to aquapets... Finally moved to Omaha, now I cruuz the saltwater stores like a junkie ...it really is an addiction....I work so I can buy fish / corals and equipment...
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That does not look like a fairy wrasse at all. I have no idea but I don't think it's a whip fin. Let's see what our wrasse experts think. @evolved, @eatbreakfast
mayday0237
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Are yellow coris wrasse fairy wrasses?
No they are Halichoeres wrasses. Someone above said that this was a Whip Fin Fairy wrasse which isn't plausible to me. That's why we have the experts!
When I blow the picture up I can see the green/orange stripes on the face typical for H. chrysus (yellow wrasse). I really do think this is an aberrant H. chrysus but again I'm no expert.
mayday0237
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Thank you.No they are Halichoeres wrasses. Someone above said that this was a Whip Fin Fairy wrasse which isn't plausible to me. That's why we have the experts!
When I blow the picture up I can see the green/orange stripes on the face typical for H. chrysus (yellow wrasse). I really do think this is an aberrant H. chrysus but again I'm no expert.
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This is Beatrix
He/she was sold as a "peacock wrasse" but I can't find anything like it to id it.
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Everything I find goes to a "leopard wrasse" but they look nothing like her (I'm sure it's probably a boy based on the lower fin but it's she to meNext question
This is Beatrix
He/she was sold as a "peacock wrasse" but I can't find anything like it to id it.
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mayday0237
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Everything I find goes to a "leopard wrasse" but they look nothing like her (I'm sure it's probably a boy based on the lower fin but it's she to me
mayday0237
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She is pink green / blue with some yellow.Everything I find goes to a "leopard wrasse" but they look nothing like her (I'm sure it's probably a boy based on the lower fin but it's she to me
She is pink green / blue with some yellow.
I believe that is a leopard wrasse. M. ornatus....again I'll let the experts positively ID. And "she" is definitely a he.
The other Halichoeres wrasses in your other pictures are H. leucoxanthus commonly called yellow and purple wrasse.
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You're right about the pattern. The color is different though. Too much green for M. ornatus?
