I'm having trouble correctly identifying my wrasse. I was told it was a green coris, but it looks more like either a slippery dick, a brown stripped wrasse (but without the spot on the tail) or even a female central pacific. The other green coris I have (that looks more typical and without the stripe) burrows in the sand bed when the lights go out, but this one stays at the top. Fairly important to know for sure what this guy is. Any help is appreciated!
Help! Need Wrasse Identification
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It does look like the slippery dick but now that I've gone through literally hundreds of pictures, I'm leaning more towards the Mediterranean Rainbow Coris Wrasse, but definitely, it doesn't look like a green coris, or at least the interwebs haven't shown me one pic of a GC with a stripe :s really want to identify this guy though!
eatbreakfast
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Take a look at pictures of Halichoeres hartzfeldi. They have that spot by the gill, they are striped like your fish as well.
João A M Gomes
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The white spots along the center of the lateral black line suggest it might be an initial phase Halichoeres bicolor.
Other Halichoeres species share similar color patterns, e.g. H. pictus, H. scapularis.
Other Halichoeres species share similar color patterns, e.g. H. pictus, H. scapularis.
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