Fairy Wrasse ID please

[andrewkw]

This was sold to me as a Rosy Fin (Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus)

I think it is indeed one, but the price makes it hard to believe. I paid just $88 for it.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/andrewkw/2pointO/IMG_6884-1.jpg
click for super high res version

thanks

 

[Chibils]

Looks like one to me. Gorgeous wrasse regardless.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Looks like whats being called C. bathyphilus to me. If I remember correctly, Tanaka said there is work being done that would show C. bathyphilus in its current state actually consists of a couple distinct species. Im not sure of the status on all that though. Beautiful fish.

 

[ssavader]

Beautiful Fairy! Hard to say what it is, though since color variants are common among Fairy Wrasses. Here is the article, I think, that Hormigaquatica, is referring to. C katherinae would seem like a possible i.d.?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/ft/index.php

 

[zemuron114]

tongan flame wrasse i believe

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12736034#post12736034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssavader
Here is the article, I think, that Hormigaquatica, is referring to. C katherinae would seem like a possible i.d.?
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/ft/index.php

Hmm, well, it wasnt from an article, he was commenting on a thread on RC a while back on the same subject (I believe it involved one of the other 'color morphs' of the species, rather than the particular one in the photo here).

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12736034#post12736034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by
zemuron114 tongan flame wrasse i believe

Yeah, thats the trade name I see most frequently.

 

[andrewkw]

i think you're right about the "tonga flame". Too bad its not the Rosy, but neato that it's undescibed

I just found this link

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/andrewkw/2pointO/IMG_6884-1.jpg

once he's active I'll post some more pics. Hopefully he gets along with my Hawaiian flame supermale.

 

[bradleyj]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12736234#post12736234 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zemuron114
tongan flame wrasse i believe

I bought a pair of those when they first came on Divers den.
Since then my female has turned male, and its kept its beautiful colors so far.

 

[buzzbombtom]

i thought that it was a hooded? is that wrong? i got one sold as a hooded. but the invoice they got did say tongan flame.

 

[bradleyj]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12736436#post12736436 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by buzzbombtom
i thought that it was a hooded? is that wrong? i got one sold as a hooded. but the invoice they got did say tongan flame.

That is my hooded on the right and the togan flame lower left. My other tongan male isn't in the picture.

They must be closely related because all three of them tend to hang together.