Identify this Wrasse please...

[SS_Sean]

Can any of you identify this wrasse??

 

[eatbreakfast]

Cirrhilabrus cf. cyanopleura. Often sold as a female solorensis, or ruby head fairy wrasse.

 

[SS_Sean]

So it's not a female solorensis, or ruby head fairy wrasse? It was sold to me as a female solorensis, but the coloration wasn't quite right. What's this guy's street name? A quick search showed a blue head, blue scale and blue sided fairy wrasse...

 

[evolved]

Ruby Head would be the most popular common name. But there's nothing "standard" about common names; they differ greatly through regions/cultures/people.

But no; not a female solorensis. The scientific designation is Cirrhilabrus cf. cyanopleura, which means it's a species closely related to cyanopleura (blue-sided) but is a different species (not yet officially described with it's own designation. The cf. is Latin for "confers").

 

[SS_Sean]

Thanks for your help!!

 

[SS_Sean]

Well, the good news is that it's still reef safe, and I picked up a $90 fish for $25....