Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[zenya]

I vote for prenaptual C.solorensis

 

[Terryz_]

From the color and the shape... Cant be a solorensis...

 

[wrasseguy2]

it is either a c.cyanopleura or a female c. solorensis...i have trouble telling the two apart

 

[dhoch]

For those of you who are interested... I've started the database...

I have the first page of this massive thread done (except for 1 wrasse at the end of it)...

I will continue, but wanted thoughts on interface/flow...

I will be adding a search criteria and was wondering if it should be a single page, or multiple pages

well here is the link (not accessablie other than here):
http://www.danj.com/reef/wrasse.php

Dave

 

[zemuron114]

well here is the mystery fairy.. i will isolate it later today so i can get a clearer shot. any thoughts on this one??

sent to me as C. tibecense (which i can't find anywhere)

 

[H.Tanaka]

zemuron114,

It seems to me an Australian C. punctatus, young male.
Can you see numerous white dots on side ?

 

[sgjerry]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8714482#post8714482 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrasseguy2
it is either a c.cyanopleura or a female c. solorensis...i have trouble telling the two apart

Thanks guys for helping with the ID. I thought it may be a c.cyanopleura too but I am not sure. I have a male solarensis and I have never seen a female solarensis before, so if it is, it may be great as well! Anyway, here is another shot of it without flash.

 

[heuerfan]

Great job Dave on the database!

 

[wrasseguy2]

here is some pics of the new guy

here is some pics of the new guy

i had got a small wrasse just like this one but it died on me...here is the new one he is big but is a reall cool fish...i think it is a red finned but not for sure if it is that or the other one that is unnamed that looks like it...but is my new fav. fairy

this one thi colors got a little washed out...thge red in the fins or more dark red but you kinda get the idea...cool fish

 

[wrasseguy2]

man i need to learn how to type better and spell

 

[zemuron114]

H. Tanaka - i got some male punctatus from aussie and they looked nothing like this. however punctatus did cross my mind. Ill get a better pic cuz now im curious. lol

 

[zemuron114]

better pics

thanks for the help

 

[zemuron114]

i believe you are right! i found a few pics that look like these guys under C. punctatus Weird how the ones i got listed under Punctatus didn't look anything like this. lol

 

[H.Tanaka]

wrasseguy2,

It is C. rubripinnis, one of the more red fairies.

zemuron,

It is C. punctatus, one of the highly variable species in coloration.

 

[wrasseguy2]

H.Tanaka thank you for the i.d. This one is alot bigger than the last one i had that was a female. This is the 4th time i had got this fairy...this one has mad e it past the last 3...i have had really bad luck with this fish...don't know if it was the way they were caught or what but mics do not show its colors the was it is to see him in person...its dorsal fin is like blood red....and its body........body is more yellow than orange..i know they don't have the most color but some how this kind has kinda grown on me... i will post a pic soon

 

[wrasseguy2]

H.Tanaka thank you for the i.d. This one is alot bigger than the last one i had that was a female. This is the 4th time i had got this fairy...this one has mad e it past the last 3...i have had really bad luck with this fish...don't know if it was the way they were caught or what but mics do not show its colors the was it is to see him in person...its dorsal fin is like blood red....and its body........body is more yellow than orange..i know they don't have the most color but some how this kind has kinda grown on me... i will post a pic soon...for some reason i like the fairy wrasse with mor red

 

[wrasseguy2]

sorry again for my really bad typing...i am work and have to go fast..

 

[Chicago]

wow.. just noticed something on my mystery wrasses... i have three of them... none have the white vetical lines.. but in all other respects a true myster wrasses... why...

 

[blface]

Their white lines fade as they mature.

 

[tcmfish]

I had a mystery wrasse and for at least a few months he/she never had the lines then suddenly one day had them but they were always faint from there on.