Help identify this wrasee!

[nomadnumber29]

Hi all,

I purchased this wrasse on Wednesday from a LFS. They had it listed as a Poseidon wrasse. Normally, i like to know exactly what I am buying, but since i hadn't seen one before i couldn't pass it up. I can't find any info online for poseidon wrasse, so hopefully you guys can help out. I think its Haliochromis something.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Looks a little like the two tone wrasse, Halichoeres prosopeion.

 

[nomadnumber29]

Kahuna,

That is the closet that i have seen so far...you could be right.

Anyone else?

 

[davelin315]

Doesn't even look like a wrasse to me... the mouth structure seems off. Looks more like a juvenile grunt or sea bass of some sort. It does have the dorsal fin that runs head to tail, but again, doesn't look like a wrasse to me at all so I'm probably looking for more signs that it's not a wrasse than signs that it is.

 

[blakemeadows]

The face, eyes especially don't look like Halichoeres prosopeion to me

 

[nomadnumber29]

interesting observation davelin and Blake. Possibly some type of basslet. he hid in the sand from weds until saturday aternoon, so in that pic he was still pretty drab. I will see if I can get a better one with more coloration soon. Thanks for your input so far.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

H. prosopeion for sure; its just a somewhat young individual. Cool looking fish as they mature and develop more purple coloration.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

he hid in the sand from weds until saturday aternoon

If he was IN the sand he is a wrasse for sure. These is something rather pseudo looking about that pic but I still think its a two tone wrasse. Very nice looking fish.

 

[Reefdiver72]

Well you got your answer it will get to be a cool purpely color. He is usually never wrong as he Knows his fish very well.

 

[nomadnumber29]

Thanks to everyone who chipped in to help with this mystery.

 

[irish02bk]

two tone...???