Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis

[Deinonych]

I've not seen much discussion about this particular species. Does anyone have any experience with them? Trying to decide between this and a C. exquisitus. Will be adding a couple of flashers (P. cyaneus and P. carpenteri) beforehand. My tank is a peaceful community tank. Current inhabitants are:

Siganus unimaculatus
Gramma loreto
Nemateleotris magnifica
Ecsenius stigmatura
Chromis cyaneus
(2) A. ocellaris

Thoughts?

 

[albano]

I have both yellow flanked and exquisite... No problems with either...they get along fine with my 30 other wrasses!
I prefer the exquisite, but you have to find the one with the coloring that you like.

 

[Deinonych]

Great, thanks very much!

 

[evolved]

Technically, there's no such species; it's a moniker for C. cyanopleura. Tanaka and... Randall I believe? have both agreed to such. (I'm certain on Tanaka, but I don't recall atm who the other Entomologist is.)

I prefer the exquisite as well, but either species would be fine. There's lots of variation in both depending on what region they're collected.

 

[Deinonych]

Technically, there's no such species; it's a moniker for C. cyanopleura. Tanaka and... Randall I believe? have both agreed to such. (I'm certain on Tanaka, but I don't recall atm who the other Entomologist is.)

I prefer the exquisite as well, but either species would be fine. There's lots of variation in both depending on what region they're collected.

Ah...very interesting. I thought they were very similar-looking. I'm actually leaning more toward the exquisite, especially the Fiji or Vanuatu variants. Thank you!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Technically, there's no such species; it's a moniker for C. cyanopleura. Tanaka and... Randall I believe? have both agreed to such. (I'm certain on Tanaka, but I don't recall atm who the other Entomologist is.)

Actually, depending on the reference there kind of is the species. It is correectly spelled ryukyuensis, the "L" was a misspelling.

Fishbase lists it as a synonym of cyanopleura, but Catalog of Life lists it as a valid species.

Experts Tanaka and Randall list it as a synonym of cyanopleura, but experts Allen, Erdman and Kuiter list it as a valid species.

Currently there is very little genetic work finished on the Genus, but it is getting done slowly but surely. Once it is completed I am quite sure that we will have a much clearer picture of where everything stands.

 

[evolved]

^ Interesting; more than I knew. Thanks!

Personally, I've never seen a convincing visual argument for a species split on these two, but that's just my hobbyist's eye.