Fairy wrasse ID please

[WayneL333]

I picked this fairy wrasse up as a juvenile. I actually thought it was a juvenile female earlie wrasse at the time, but it obviously isn't. The stripe along the tail came out weird on the picture. It's more of a solid neon blue color.

I'm pretty happy with it even though it's not an Earlie. The two long streamers along it's abdomen is pretty cool. Thanks in advance!

 

[n8ureman]

Cirrhilabrus pylei (from Vanuatu) is what I'm thinking.

 

[Cubbies]

Pylei would be my guess as well

 

[bobkill]

Cirrhilabrus pylei (from Vanuatu) is what I'm thinking.

I think that- I had one and it looked very similar -

 

[d-man]

Agreed pylei

 

[LargeAngels]

Yup. Pylie.

 

[WayneL333]

Ok, Pylie it is then. Thanks guys!

 

[d-man]

They are awesome, but the females can be ruthless towards any new additions. I've had 2 females, both complete b*tches towards other wrasses or smaller fish.

 

[Ambition]

They are gorgeous fish, and have a rap for beig a more aggressive fairy. IME tey aren't all that bad towards other small fish. Initial intro aggression is there but nothing that sets off a red flag to me. The only problem I had was having two females who could never figure out who the dominant one was. One was going male, I believe, before internal parasites weakened it. At this point the other one took dominance and began the transition to male. I then had a heater issue. The one with IPs died from starvation, then the clowns got brook from having a friend take two clowns and the living pylei. The brook got to the pylei before I could figure out it was brook and died. I want to get myself another one soon.

 

[WayneL333]

I find that most established fairy wrasses are aggressive towards newly introduced fairy wrasses. I've gone as far as catching the established wrasses and banished them to the refugium while the new wrasses establishes itself.