My first wrasse

[TauntingBeef]

It was labeled a lubbucks but i think its a mccosker damn pics are upside down sorry

 

[Maritimer]

It's a Lubbock's fairy. There are two variants - the solid purple with the yellow dorsal, and the striped version which you have. (These guys may get separated into different species, if they haven't been already . . . ) Nice wrasse!

~Bruce

 

[TauntingBeef]

Thanks for the reply and its a pretty fish has really nice purple under the red

 

[CoralsAddiction]

It's a Lubbock's fairy. There are two variants - the solid purple with the yellow dorsal, and the striped version which you have. (These guys may get separated into different species, if they haven't been already . . . ) Nice wrasse!

~Bruce

I thought this color difference was gender and phase related.
Female-initial phase-male-terminal male-super male, etc

 

[TauntingBeef]

I dont k ow enough about them to chime in

 

[Maritimer]

They're regional, IIRC . . .

Northern fish wear the purple stripes on their lateral lines, while fish from more southerly parts of the range are decked out in a more solid violet with scattered pinkish scales. Some writers regard only the striped fish as the true C. lubbocki, and suggest that the southern fish should be given a new name.

There'll be a color change as individuals go from juvenile to female to male as well, but that's unrelated.

~B.

 

[Half Vaped]

Another way to separate the males from the females/juveniles is the males lack the eye spot near the tail. Lubbock's females have similar color to the males, but somewhat subdued.

 

[evolved]

I thought this color difference was gender and phase related.
Female-initial phase-male-terminal male-super male, etc

Nope; correct below:

They're regional, IIRC . . .

Northern fish wear the purple stripes on their lateral lines, while fish from more southerly parts of the range are decked out in a more solid violet with scattered pinkish scales. Some writers regard only the striped fish as the true C. lubbocki, and suggest that the southern fish should be given a new name.

There'll be a color change as individuals go from juvenile to female to male as well, but that's unrelated.

~B.

Correct.

Another way to separate the males from the females/juveniles is the males lack the eye spot near the tail. Lubbock's females have similar color to the males, but somewhat subdued.

Sure, the females do have that eye spot, but females of both regions are uniformly pink in coloration. They are drastically different from the male coloration.