Male lineatus > super male?

[rnscross]

This is a picture of my male lineatus, I've enjoyed watching his colours develop from a borderline female to the current state. But there are a few questions I have about the tuipping point to supermale goodness.

Does it require a harem of females to push them to that terminal differentiation?
and
Is there a defined characteristic that one can attribute to a supermale rather than an ordinary male?

 

[albano]

not an expert...but I thought it was add'l MALES that would 'push' it to supermale...

I'm convinced that all wrasses (in my tank) will turn male


BTW...who's biting his tail?

 

[rnscross]

I dont know who's biting his tail, but all my fish were in cramped conditions whilst I moved and set up the new 180.

 

[reefjunkie42]

i was wondering the same thing, nice looking fish!

 

[snorvich]

I would be more concerned about who is biting his tail. What other fish/inverts in that tank?

 

[pacislandaqua]

females that want to turn into a male will help create a terminal male, not just other males or mainly females. Nice looking lineatus. We have some coming in soon!

 

[rnscross]

These are his tankmates,

majestic angel
blue tang
tenneti tang
coral beauty
eibli angel
flasher wrasse (dont know which)
occy clowns