Let Them Flash!

[H.Tanaka]

Thank you all.

Here is a collection of some male forms in display. You may find some differences between these and their usual colorations in each species. P. attenuatus was photographed by a friend in Tokyo.

 

[H.Tanaka]

P. mccoskeri & relative photos

P. mccoskeri & relative photos

blface,

I am not sure if it is mccoskeri, but probably it is that species. When one takes shots of fish especially of Paracheilinus and Cirrhilabrus one need to wait for spreading fins. While a male is folding all the fins it is sometimes hard to identify correctly.

Here is mccoskeri and relatives photos; mccoskeri has several variants as shown and if yours has a single filament and a red and yellow anal fin it would be mccoskeri.

 

[H.Tanaka]

Females & Juveniles of Paracheilinus

Females & Juveniles of Paracheilinus

Peter,
Here is the ID guide to females / juveniles of the genus. They are similar and much more plain in coloration than males.

If there is no photo by me I have never experienced the species. Males will often be imported but juveniles or females of most of the species are much rare at retailers.

 

[blface]

Thanks for the new pics Dr. T. Now that he's settled in he's constantly flairing his fins. I'm positive he's a mccosker because I can see the single filament & the red & yellow anal fin now. Man is he awesome when he flares. I still can't get a pic of him displaying yet.

 

[BlueNWhite]

Re: Females & Juveniles of Paracheilinus

Re: Females & Juveniles of Paracheilinus

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7712475#post7712475 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by H.Tanaka
Peter,
Here is the ID guide to females / juveniles of the genus. They are similar and much more plain in coloration than males.
...

Thanks H.Tanaka, this is a great picture post. Most pictures you find on the internet will be males, so this is a good summary of how the females look.

Thanks,
Raymond

 

[H.Tanaka]

One of the readers kindly informed me that I have incorrectly spelled for Joachim Grosskopf. I wrote Grosskoph in the photo just above but it is an error. Thank you, friend and I am sorry, Joachim.

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

Here are the first pictures which give you a glimps of how the adult Australian C. bathyphilus are looking:

Female short before spawning. The eggs are already hydrated :

Male with the coloration he shows if he is trying to dominate / impress other fish in the tank. He never shwos any pink / purple color in this behaviour pattern. Note he only shows this colors towards other fish never towards his conspecies:

This is the start of the flashing coloration before he is in courtship behaviour:

In courtship the pink / purple area is bigger and the color gets even more flashy - but then they swim so fast that I could not make good pictures. Also the anal fin is complete yellow like in the picture above, and the belly is white.
I have a lot of unsharp ones where you can see the color better, but the pictures suck.

If you compare the different coloration of the male in regard to his behaviour I believe it does make a big difference if you keep them with the correct femals or only male sof the same or similar genus.

 

[H.Tanaka]

Peter,

Many thanks for the nice and rare photos of the specimens.

These are quite attractive and informative, and let me use these for my furute CD version. Now it is still being revised every week and in prepration to publish.

 

[blface]

I lost my Mccoskeri last night. He got so scared while I was cleaning the glass that he commited suicide & suffered a head trauma by hitting the LR. He was dead instantly!! The search continues for another.

 

[SWfan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7785675#post7785675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blface
I lost my Mccoskeri last night. He got so scared while I was cleaning the glass that he commited suicide & suffered a head trauma by hitting the LR. He was dead instantly!! The search continues for another.

I'm sorry to hear this. I hope you didn't take him out immediately. Fish have been known to knock themselves out with a blow like that. Sometimes they come around after a couple of minutes.

 

[blface]

I left him in to be on the safe side. In the mourning all that was left was a few bones thanks to the clean up crew.

 

[Triterium]

They look like betas to me...

 

[kileye]

I am soo excited. I have 1 flasher and a solar, they are my most favorite fish in my tank.

 

[CeeGee]

This will probably be a stupid question but I have only had one flasher wrasse (McCoskers) and the flashers I have seen at my LFS all look similar so here comes the question.

Are flasher wrasses a little on the skinny side? All that I have seen no matter what type are kinda skinny. In comparison to my McCosker my Royal Gramma looks like a pig as does my Solar wrasse.

I would like to fatten the fish up if possible. He is very healthy as I have had him in my care since the 3/25/2006. He has neither lost or gained weight in this time.

 

[fish-on-Reef]

Please help ...wrasse?

Please help ...wrasse?

I have looked and looked and looked but cannot pinpoint the name of this wrasse.

 

[H.Tanaka]

filamentosus, male

filamentosus, male

It is a male form of Cirrhilabrus filamentosus.
The specimen has no filament on dorsal fin, and it seems to have lost the filament or a aberrant form. The filament will develop when the male is still young or smaller.

Here is some shots of similar spp. except filamentosus.

 

[H.Tanaka]

This is the male of C. filamentosus. three specimens are shown.

 

[Konadog]

Just in case it hasn't been noticed yet, but there is a great article in this months ReefKeeping magazine on flasher wrasses.

Thank's a bunch for the time and effort that you put into these great looking fish!

Flasher Wrasses: Recently recognized in the hobby

 

[NexDog]

Awesome article, Hiroyuki - well done.

We'll be in Miyazki on Saturday. Would you like to meet up and go down to Papi?

 

[fish-on-Reef]

Thank you very much for all your help.