Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[H.Tanaka]

C. rubrisquamis, male same specimen in display. It will change within a second or two, and return within several seconds.

 

[Rothie]

WOW! Mine is about 4 1/2".Ive had him over a year,but I have never seen him display.That is beatiful.

 

[zemuron114]

i have had 10-15 scotts in the same vat would bicker constantly... IME lineatus are more passive then most fairies (except my damn female... lol)

the fighting should subside once a dominant one is established.

 

[H.Tanaka]

This morning it displayed again. I got it a month ago and then it showed such a coloration several times. He excited alone. No fighting with any other species, but the dorsal fin is wounded partially.

It is almost 9cm (not 8cm).

 

[H.Tanaka]

It arrived several days ago, and was collected in the Cook Islands. A male of 11cm long. The dorsal fin is almost entirely yellow.

 

[zemuron114]

that is really cool!!

 

[H.Tanaka]

new comers-2

new comers-2

The same specimen in displaying; C. scottorum, 11cm from the Cooks. Note the brighter coloration on head. I am sorry; it is not a good shot, and it acts so fast while displaying.

 

[H.Tanaka]

This is another specimen of male of C. scottorum, 11cm, probably from Australia. It has a black band on dorsal fin.

 

[H.Tanaka]

New comers-4

New comers-4

It is an 11cm long male of C. rhomboidalis, from the Marshalls. I do not know if it was collected by Brian Greene. Note the whitish abdomen.

 

[H.Tanaka]

The same specimen, in exciting mode with a blue area on posterior portion of abdomen. Also the body will change from pale yellow to golden.

 

[H.Tanaka]

New comers-5

New comers-5

This is probaly a male of C. lunatus (65mm) from Sulawesi or Cebu.

A deeply lunate caudal fin reminds me of C. lunatus but it is out of conclusion. C. lunatus has an orange-yellow body with orange strtipe on side near tail, but some are blackish blue. The species has blackish fins when exciting, but this individual (photo) has a blackish body and fins. The abdomen is yellowish that can never be seen in C. lunatus. Also the head is reddish.

I got two specimens, and one of them is shown here.

 

[H.Tanaka]

New Comers 5-2

New Comers 5-2

It is 75 mm long male fish, probably C. lunatus. It is the largest specimen I ever experienced in the aquarium trade.

It looks alike a new species C. brunneus Allen, 2006 from Kalimantan but it is entirely black. Its shape is almost identical to those of brunneus and lunatus. C. brunneus possesses a very faint yellow area on lower side.

It still is a mysterious fish but I hope that Dr. Allen would give me an answer soon; I sent some specimens of the 'species' to him this spring for his comparison.

 

[H.Tanaka]

fighting

fighting

C. rhomboidalis and C. scottorum in fighting. No serious trouble but they will chase each other for a short while if they encountered in the tank.

 

[snorvich]

Dr. Tankaka, that is one amazing photograph. Definitely not trivial to capture that level of detail.

 

[ReeferBeef]

WoW

Where can I find fish that good?!

Nice Wrasses!

 

[zemuron114]

that pic of the rhomboid and scott fighting is one of the nicest/coolest fairy pics i've seen. the scotts looks amazing. i dont think i've seen a scotts display like that!

great shot

 

[wrasseguy2]

Still don't know what kind this guy is!!

Still don't know what kind this guy is!!

H. Tanaka here is a pic of the fish i was trying to id...here is one of it with fins spread out more.i doing really good now and starts to swim around with its fins like this alot more..i don't know if you saw the pics of the lubbock's wrasse that was changing sex but here it is again also
.

 

[H.Tanaka]

werasseguy2,

Now I noticed that the small fis is a juvenile of Cirrhilabrus exquisitus. See the blue line especially at caudal peduncle.

 

[wrasseguy2]

well thats cool i only paid 15 bucks for him..i got some pics of the lubbock's displaying they are a sight to see. thanks for the info again h. tanaka

 

[wrasseguy2]

My exquiste fairy

My exquiste fairy

here is an updated pic of my exqusite..only seen it display 2 times wish i could have got a pic of that its colors are crazy displaying