Any difference between C.lanceolatus and C.roseafascia
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The true C. lanceolatus is endemic to Japan and it's pink overall with emerald tinted fins and tail. the pink colouration is also more subdued and lighter in colour. pelvic fins are yellowish with a small blue-black patch at the base. this fish is never found in the trade. recently there was one collected and was displayed at bluehabour japan by Koji Wada. but that specimen was not for sale to my understanding. i'm sure it's obtainable if you pull some strings and pay heavily for it.
C. roseafascia is a deeper pink and has clear pinkish fins with no green. there's a thick rose-band on the males that travels from the snout to the tail along it's back. it's a wide ranging fish from palau, cebu, new caledonia, vanuatu etc. pelvic fins are yellowish with a large distinctive blue-black patch that's bigger than lanceolatus.
there's another "lanceolatus" more commonly known as the pintail or splendid fairy. it's undescribed and it's tentative scientific name is "Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus" because it resembles somewhat to the real lanceolatus. although in my opinion, it doesn't at all.
C. roseafascia is a deeper pink and has clear pinkish fins with no green. there's a thick rose-band on the males that travels from the snout to the tail along it's back. it's a wide ranging fish from palau, cebu, new caledonia, vanuatu etc. pelvic fins are yellowish with a large distinctive blue-black patch that's bigger than lanceolatus.
there's another "lanceolatus" more commonly known as the pintail or splendid fairy. it's undescribed and it's tentative scientific name is "Cirrhilabrus cf. lanceolatus" because it resembles somewhat to the real lanceolatus. although in my opinion, it doesn't at all.
Well my experience is that females are generally more aggressive than males. But generally the most aggressive are:
Fairy Wrasses
Adornatus
Jordani females
Pylei are sometimes aggressive
Rosefascia (PITA)
Scottorum is very aggressive
Pintail
Check with Bradleyj, a wrasse keeper extraordinaire
Fairy Wrasses
Adornatus
Jordani females
Pylei are sometimes aggressive
Rosefascia (PITA)
Scottorum is very aggressive
Pintail
Check with Bradleyj, a wrasse keeper extraordinaire
skibum9884
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Hey Steve,
If we're on the topic of the relative aggressiveness of wrasses, where would you place C. balteatus? Interesting fish as the females visually are COMPLETELY different than the males (from pictures the females look somewhat similar to female jordanis). Seems to be a good deal of variation in what the males look like too. Some have a very defined gold bar, and others less so.
If we're on the topic of the relative aggressiveness of wrasses, where would you place C. balteatus? Interesting fish as the females visually are COMPLETELY different than the males (from pictures the females look somewhat similar to female jordanis). Seems to be a good deal of variation in what the males look like too. Some have a very defined gold bar, and others less so.
My personal opinion is just below the ones I mentioned. That is about the 60th percentile going from no aggression towards 100% aggression. I personally don't keep that species as it tends to lose some coloration. Remember that many female fairy wrasse pictures are technically of juveniles that are just developing into females so the female of many species will seem similar at that stage of their development.
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