Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[Philwd]

Thanks Hiroyuki. The LFS also got in another debelius that only has one red spot near the pec fin but not the extended red like in your pic and on the one they're holding for me. The LFS was thinking one was a supermale and one was a sub male?

 

[H.Tanaka]

I will wait for your pics here.

 

[heuerfan]

Anyone have pictures of a Female Blue Margin wrasse (Pylei)?

A local reefer is breaking down his tank and apparently has one forsale. I am waiting to get a picture of his fish but was curious to see if anyone can provide me one also for comparison.

Thanks,
Steven

 

[zemuron114]

they look similar to pink margin females (dull.. ) i like the pyle's better though.

 

[bronco7777]

Here you go heuerfan, Male and female. Female is on top and she is always all pink with a orange eye and a yellowish tail.

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[bronco7777]

Hiroyuki,

How have you been? Good to see you participating on this thread regularly

 

[heuerfan]

Thank you very much Bronco7777, i will use this as my reference. Good to see you back, post some more pics

-Steven

 

[H.Tanaka]

Bronco,

Thanks for your coming back ! I miss you for a while...

Here is a shot of pylei from Vanuatu, females and a male. I could not take a photo of male-female pair in the aquarium. Note the black spot near the tail in female forms; it is missing in some females (on the top right & bottom left specimens).

 

[bronco7777]

Hiroyuki,

Yeah, it's good to get back here. Work has just been brutal this year. I shoot you an email soon so we can catch up some more.

 

[heuerfan]

Thanks Tanaka for the pics. Here is the actual fish i will be getting. Not a clear shot but looks like a female, pink body, yellow tail.

Do you thiink it would be okay if the female Pylei is a bit larger than my male Pylei? The owner tells me the female is under 3" but just in case it is not.

Thanks,
Steven

 

[clkwrk]

Lubbucks

 

[H.Tanaka]

heurfan,

It is possible that females will be larger than males in the same spp., but I have never heard concerning pylei. Females of C. cyanopleura, C. solorensis and C. marjorie are often larger than their mates. Please post photos someday.

 

[bronco7777]

heuerfan,

Do you have pictures of the male? Is it a juvenile?

The female can be larger than the male but typically that is not the case unless the male is a much younger specimen like a juvenile. They still should get along.

One thing to watch out for is that in fairy wrasses, many other species of fairy have females that look like this. Also in other fairy species, when the fish is very young, it has a pink body with a black dot at the start of the tail.

Just want to make sure you do have a true pylei. Your picture is a liittle off but it appears to be a female pylei

 

[heuerfan]

Hey Bronco, here is a picture of my male pylei, per Tanaka it is a variation from Sulawesi.


I'm going to get the female tomorrow night and will post better pics of her.

Would it be possible to keep two different variations of the Pylei? I also really like how the Vanuatu variation looks as well and thought it would be cool to have them both in the same tank. I'm thinking it would not work but have to ask

Thanks,
Steven

 

[bronco7777]

Heuerfan,

Are the two different variations males? or are you just saying that the female is one variation and the male is another? Or do you already own one male variant and are looking to add this different variant?
Sorry, I may have missed some points you may have brought up before but I'm getting in late on this subject.

I don't think you'll have a problem mixing variants. I've done it before with other fairy wrasses. I still suggest the specimen cup technique to help the transition

 

[heuerfan]

Hey Bronco no problem. I currently have one male variant from Sulawesi. I am getting a female tomorrow and was concerned the female might be bigger than my male.

I was thinking about adding another male pylei from Vanuatu giving me 2 males and 1 female. But decided not to, sorry for the confusion

 

[lhoy]

Need some ID help on what I suspect is a fairy wrasse:

Here are the photos (they aren't the greatest but should be good enough for ID purposes):

The closest looking I could find was on www.pbase.com and it looks to me like a Rosy Scaled-Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis).

Thanks a ton for help. Is this a female?

Lee Hoy
Georgetown, TX

P.S. I got it for $25.00

 

[H.Tanaka]

It is a female of Cirrhilabrus solorensis; it is close and very similar to C. cyanopleura in the female stage that has a white abdomen.

 

[lhoy]

Wow, I get an answer from the expert!! After I saw your post, I google searched the latin name and I saw some photos of this species and others you have taken. Gotta love Reef Central with help like this. Thank you very much!!

I really appreciate your help. Now it makes me want to get a male. Would it be safe to introduce a male after she has been there?

Lee

 

[H.Tanaka]

Thank you very much for your comment, and yes, you can introduce males after having the female of the same species, but a larger male would be better. Many crevices in the tank should be provided before you add any Fairy or Flasher.

The smallest male of C. solorensis that I have kept was only 7cm long, and the largest female was over 11cm.