Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[Chicago]

what is this

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[zemuron114]

looks like a venusta coris... if it is.. u need to take it out or say bye to all your snails and hermits!! Im most likely wrong, but i can't tel by the pic. lol

 

[H.Tanaka]

Unfortunately a not god shot, but I can say it is Paracheilinus; carpenteri, flavianalis, mccoskeri, or others. You shoud take the fins, too.

 

[Chicago]

will try and get a better pic... the back is sort of pale no real lines or strong markings.. will post better shot later today...

thanks

 

[zemuron114]

it actually looks like my female mccosker flasher. Yours may be changing.

 

[Chicago]

man this guy is hard to photo.. doesnt stand still ...
little more help please on id..


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[zemuron114]

how big is it? because (to me) it really resembles a coris wrasse....

 

[Chicago]

he is about 5 to 6 inches

 

[zemuron114]

yeah definitely a coris wrasse. It will eat the snails and hermits in the tank. Looks like a venusta wrasse. Very nice, but not 100% reef safe (regarding corals)

 

[zemuron114]

http://www.nps.gov/archive/kaho/kahockls/KAHOreef/images/20010607-0947.jpg

 

[Chicago]

really? i cant rember what he was sold as but that is why i was posting... i remeber him being sold as reef safe...

his colors are yellow and a dirty purple towards the back.. i do notice that he likes to pick on the bottom or rock and turn small pieces over as he hunts all day... never bothers the corals directly..

 

[H.Tanaka]

Oh, I am sorry; it was not Paracheilinus.

 

[zemuron114]

way to big to be a flasher, so im betting it is a coris. They are "reef safe" in terms of corals, but usually not inverts.

 

[Chicago]

thanks for the info

 

[zemuron114]

Tanaka - i got in 2 of the cirrhilabrus tibecense wrasse i was talking about earlier. I can't find that species name anywhere and i believe you said you have never heard of it as well. I will post a pic tomorrow. I think it looks a little like a C. katherine or C. temminki, but really not definite on either one... very nice wrasse though. lots of colors

 

[H.Tanaka]

 

[H.Tanaka]

Conde's FW (Solomons)

Conde's FW (Solomons)

This is Conde's Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus condei, male, 70mm from the Solomon Islands. I for the first time got it from there.

It has a distinct red band basally on dorsal fin.

zemuron114,
Again I do not know what tibecense means. If it comes from Vanuatu it should be punctattus.

 

[H.Tanaka]

There are two distinct colorations in display in Cirrhilabrus condei.

Upper: male from the Solomons in display. The dorsal fin is red & black.

Lower: male from Vanuatu in display. The yellow part of dorsal fin is conspicuous, but almost no red are in the fin.

 

[sgjerry]

Wrasse ID

Wrasse ID

Acclimatizing this fairy wrasse at the moment. Not too sure of its ID. Can anybody help? Pic taken with flash.

 

[bubbaOPPD]

C. Cyanopleura