DeltecRules
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Mr. Tanaka would a Paracheilinus attenuatus, and a Paracheilinus lineopunctatus co-exist okay together?
Let Them Flash!
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DeltecRules
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Thanks for the information Mr. Tanaka, I am totally impressed with your knowledge and photos you have provided.
The P. attenuatus is never available out here in US either. My LFS always gets rare fish in, and he has been trying for months trying to get P. attenuatus in his store but they are never available even with his connections. When I saw this fish available at Liveaquaria I couldn't believe it was available.
I use to have a lineopunctatus until he went carpet surfing on me. The white he displays when he is flashing is just mind boggling. One of my favorites.
The P. attenuatus is never available out here in US either. My LFS always gets rare fish in, and he has been trying for months trying to get P. attenuatus in his store but they are never available even with his connections. When I saw this fish available at Liveaquaria I couldn't believe it was available.
I use to have a lineopunctatus until he went carpet surfing on me. The white he displays when he is flashing is just mind boggling. One of my favorites.
Now I found the photo of P. attenuatus in Liveaquarium. The pic of the 'Fish' is it. Perhaps it will enter the US aquarium trade again.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/index.cfm?ref=3319&subref=AB
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/index.cfm?ref=3319&subref=AB
DeltecRules
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Thankyou Mr. Tanaka when he arrives Tuesday morning I will have pics of him on here. Would you say he is male?
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, display
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, display
It is a male of P. lineopunctatus, 65mm TL in display.
Note the blue coloration on back, and also white filaments and dorsal fin while it is flashing. Two whitish areas also can be seen on body.
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, display
It is a male of P. lineopunctatus, 65mm TL in display.
Note the blue coloration on back, and also white filaments and dorsal fin while it is flashing. Two whitish areas also can be seen on body.
wady
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Best of luck DeltecRules with your P. attenuatus. I've been following your recent chat and found myself looking for more pics and info on your fish also. It is indeed a beautiful wrasse. Looking forward to seeing your pics when you get them!
Sadly this isn't a photo of the P. attenuatus, neither is it a paracheilinus carpenteri - Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse which like RHagemann a few posts back, I thought I had also.
I notice that my fish also only has the one filiament rather than two, defining him as a Paracheilinus mccoskeri - McCosker's Flasher Wrasse. Am I reading that correctly? Either way I'm very pleased with him. And now he's become even more interesting.
Such great colours on these fish! He's pretty fast about the tank so it's been difficult to get a really good quality photo of him flashing yet, but after reading the above I thought I'd post these ones to get your opinions on what he is.
Thanks in advance...
Not flashing in this one but thought I'd post it also
Added this great little fish recently also. Not a flasher but a Cirrhilabrus solorensis.
Sadly this isn't a photo of the P. attenuatus, neither is it a paracheilinus carpenteri - Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse which like RHagemann a few posts back, I thought I had also.
I notice that my fish also only has the one filiament rather than two, defining him as a Paracheilinus mccoskeri - McCosker's Flasher Wrasse. Am I reading that correctly? Either way I'm very pleased with him. And now he's become even more interesting.
Such great colours on these fish! He's pretty fast about the tank so it's been difficult to get a really good quality photo of him flashing yet, but after reading the above I thought I'd post these ones to get your opinions on what he is.
Thanks in advance...
Not flashing in this one but thought I'd post it also
Added this great little fish recently also. Not a flasher but a Cirrhilabrus solorensis.
DeltecRules
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Here he is
Here he is
Here he is Mr. tanaka sorry for the blurry picture but he doesn't like to sit still yet for the camera. Will get better pictures later.
Paracheilinus attenuatus
Here he is
Here he is Mr. tanaka sorry for the blurry picture but he doesn't like to sit still yet for the camera. Will get better pictures later.
Paracheilinus attenuatus
wrasseguy2
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very nice flasher..that was a nice find
MarvinsReef
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Re: Here he is
Re: Here he is
sweet flasher man..
Re: Here he is
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9523888#post9523888 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DeltecRules
Here he is Mr. tanaka sorry for the blurry picture but he doesn't like to sit still yet for the camera. Will get better pictures later.
Paracheilinus attenuatus
sweet flasher man..
DeltecRules
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Thanks guys, Paracheilinus attenuatus, and Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, are getting along great. Liveaquaria did a great job packaging them. The Attenuatus I noticed is extremely bold swimming around flaring up to my bigger fairy wrasses. He is about 3 1/2 inches!! He chased my mystery wrasse around most of the morning. Kind of a personality of a eight line flasher. But I think this is my new favorite in my tank.
DeltecRules,
A very nice sale and choice of P. attenuatus by you. I too am so excited.
As I noticed, it is extremely rarely seen in the aquarium trade and costs so much everytime. Two forms are known to date, one from the type locality the Seychelles and another from Kenya coast. I cannot say which type you have but I believe that you can show soon.
I once kept only a large female until now, some 60mm and yours is astonishingly big; the largest record for the species.
I wait for your best photos of it and I really wish to add yours to my Fairy & Flasher Wrasse Book in the future. Catch the moments with fin spreading and displaying.
Good Luck and thank you so much !
Hiroyuki
A very nice sale and choice of P. attenuatus by you. I too am so excited.
As I noticed, it is extremely rarely seen in the aquarium trade and costs so much everytime. Two forms are known to date, one from the type locality the Seychelles and another from Kenya coast. I cannot say which type you have but I believe that you can show soon.
I once kept only a large female until now, some 60mm and yours is astonishingly big; the largest record for the species.
I wait for your best photos of it and I really wish to add yours to my Fairy & Flasher Wrasse Book in the future. Catch the moments with fin spreading and displaying.
Good Luck and thank you so much !
Hiroyuki
The upper fish is a large female that I kept for a while. It was some 6cm long and shipped from Kenya. Note the short filamentous tip from the center of dorsal fin that is developing.
The lower fish is a male of some 8cm long from Kenya that was kept by a friend in Tokyo. A rarity from the area.
The lower fish is a male of some 8cm long from Kenya that was kept by a friend in Tokyo. A rarity from the area.
shiftyfatdwarf
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im still new to the game are you saying that these fish change color?
