Does anyone have a true picture of a yellow fin flasher wrasse?

[jaa1456]

I have seen several pictures of yellow fin flasher wrasses. The pictures have one thing that is not common in every picture. Some show two filaments on the dorsal fin while others show one. Other than that the markings look identical. The reason I'm asking is because I thought I had a carpenters flasher but never paid to much attention to it. It is the dominant flasher wrasse in the tank and today I was looking at some details as it was literally flashing away in front of my face. I noticed it didn't have quite the same markings as a typical carpenters. It does however have the two red filaments on the dorsal. I did find pictures of a yellow fin that it resembles, but like I said there are several pictures showing what is a yellow fin flasher and I'm not sure which picture is the real deal.

 

[Fishfirst]

Picture would help... carpenters look nothing like flavs when they are dominate and mature

 

[Fishfirst]

Also iding flavs vs carpenters has nothing to do with filaments but everything to do with the anal fin

 

[Marshall O]

Biggest difference is the anal fin. All yellow for the Yellowtail (except for a line or markings) while Carpenter's have yellow on top of the fin and red on the bottom. I believe both can have multiple filaments though.

 

[hogfanreefer]

 

[aquaph8]

P. flavianalis can have anywhere from 1 to 4 filliments while P. carpenteri can have from 2-4.

 

[aquaph8]

That looks like flavianalis to me

 

[Marshall O]

That looks like flavianalis to me

And a P. carpenteri on the left

 

[hogfanreefer]

Actually something weird happened to the pic where the fish on the left is. It does not have any yellow on it's anal fin, it's an immature McCosker's.

That yellow fin was my favorite fish. Unfortunately he jumped while I had the screen off to feed and I accidentally stepped on him. I was devastated.

 

[Marshall O]

Ah ok. I was thinking Carpenter's based on its red/orange dorsel fin.

Sorry to hear about the Yellow Fin though. That is one of my nightmares....

 

[evolved]

Biggest difference is the anal fin. All yellow for the Yellowtail (except for a line or markings) while Carpenter's have yellow on top of the fin and red on the bottom. I believe both can have multiple filaments though.

Yes

P. flavianalis can have anywhere from 1 to 4 filliments while P. carpenteri can have from 2-4.

Yes

That looks like flavianalis to me

And yes.


And P. mccoskeri on the left.

 

[jaa1456]

I will try to get a pic today.