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[Anthrax15]

Purchased this Wrasse since it was so cheap and was at my LFS for so long. Eating like a hog.

I believe its a female Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura but I might be wrong. It has a white marking right above it's mouth.

Any idea? Sorry for the crappy pictures!

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[eatbreakfast]

Its actually C. ryukyuensis, and its a transitioning male.

 

[Anthrax15]

Common name? I can't find any info on it

 

[eatbreakfast]

You will probably find info under Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis, but that is actually a misspelling when it was described and has since been corrected. Some sources recognize it as synonymous with cyanopleura, but the most recent works list it as its own valid species. The common name is yellow flanked wrasse.

 

[Anthrax15]

Awesome, thank you for the info

 

[evolved]

Eh, I tend to think C. cyanopleura on this one. Especially considering where I'm thinking you purchased from.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Eh, I tend to think C. cyanopleura on this one. Especially considering where I'm thinking you purchased from.

Even at this stage the yellow on the flanks, hence the common name, are already visible on this specimen, even though it is still early on in the transition process.

 

[Anthrax15]

So what's the final verdict? Is this an uncommmon Wrasse?

 

[Bwall19d]

I'm thinking it maybe a Scarlet Pin Stripe Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus evanidus)
Aka secretive wrasse

 

[Anthrax15]

Nah totally a Fairy Wrasse

 

[eatbreakfast]

Its fairly common.