I.D. on flasherwrasse

[Eklikewhoa]

I bought this labeled as a McCosker but once it settle in and took notice of my female McCosker I do not believe it is one.

I think it's a Yellowfin Flasher Wrasse, Paracheilinus flavianalis

 

[zemuron114]

one dorsal, could be mccoskers. However there have been some weird flasher wrasses coming into the hobby lately. May be an unknown. Looks nice though!

 

[flinster]

yellow fin flasher?

 

[BangkokMatt]

Looks to me like Paracheilinus rubricauda. They come out of Fiji. Nice find!

 

[snorvich]

Despite the single spike on the dorsal fin, I doubt this is McCoskers. But I do not know what is IS. Matt may be right.

 

[deanos]

Paracheilinus flavianalis - Yellow Fin Flasher

 

[snorvich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13152355#post13152355 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by deanos
Paracheilinus flavianalis - Yellow Fin Flasher

It is clearly not since it only has a single dorsal spike.

 

[zemuron114]

mccoskers have different color patterns to them, so it could be a color morph of the usually seen mccoskers. But there have been a lot of unidentified flashers coming in lately.

 

[wrasseguy2]

it is a yellowfin flasher..the all yellow anal fin is a dead give away and the single filament is found on the yellow fin..i have kept one with just one and the other had four filaments..the mcosker has a single filament and a red and yellow anal fin..yellow fin flashers have 1-4 filamnets and carpenters has 2-4 and then the mcoskers has just a single

 

[gordon2726]

looks like my pass away McCosker wasses that I purcahsed from LiveAquaria.

 

[deanos]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13155648#post13155648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrasseguy2
it is a yellowfin flasher..the all yellow anal fin is a dead give away and the single filament is found on the yellow fin..i have kept one with just one and the other had four filaments..the mcosker has a single filament and a red and yellow anal fin..yellow fin flashers have 1-4 filamnets and carpenters has 2-4 and then the mcoskers has just a single