Name this wrasse please!

[hvacman250]

Was labeled a McCoskers, but I cannot find a picture of a juvenile eor female McCoskers with a black spot.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Looks like a female Debelius fairy wrasse, also called adorned fairy wrasse. Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus adornatus

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Here's a link for reference.http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsespecies.php?CritterID=1804

 

[eatbreakfast]

Looks like a female Debelius fairy wrasse, also called adorned fairy wrasse. Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus adornatus

It could be, it certainly is a female within that complex, but it could also be C. lubbocki(my vote), or C. flavidorsalis.

 

[snorvich]

It could be, it certainly is a female within that complex, but it could also be C. lubbocki(my vote), or C. flavidorsalis.

My vote is a female C. lubbocki but it is not a clear choice.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

My vote is a female C. lubbocki but it is not a clear choice.

Actually very possible. I thought Lubbocks female would at least have some purple color but not necessarily.
Here's a link http://www.seascapestudio.net/reference/fish.php?id=138

 

[evolved]

Looks like a female Debelius fairy wrasse, also called adorned fairy wrasse. Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus adornatus

Can't be. Not with that hint of yellow at the posterior of the dorsal fin.

It could be, it certainly is a female within that complex, but it could also be C. lubbocki(my vote), or C. flavidorsalis.

I'm going to make the argument it must be C. lubbocki because of that hint of yellow. C. flavidorsalis is red at the dorsal posterior.

I'll go further out on a limb and say it's a Cebu lubbocki.

 

[evolved]

I thought Lubbocks female would at least have some purple color but not necessarily.

Any hints of purple and it's a transitional male.

 

[AuburnTiger1]

I believe it is a female lubbocks the coloration and everything matches

 

[TruReef]

I believe it is a female lubbocks the coloration and everything matches

my vote too

 

[hvacman250]

I think the yellow you are seeing is the live rock showing thru it's tail. Here's more pics:





Will this female eventually turn into a male? Or maybe if we can 100% identify it, I can purchase a male of the same fish.

 

[AuburnTiger1]

If there is no male it will more than likely convert you could buy a male and make it a pair.

 

[hvacman250]

If there is no male it will more than likely convert you could buy a male and make it a pair.

I may do that. I'm going to wait a few dyas and make sure the consensus is C. Lubbocki

 

[eatbreakfast]

In many cases, even if you add a male the female will still transition into a male, especially if housed without one for a period of time.

Also wrasses don't truly pair up as many other types of fish do. Rather the male/female relationship is based on dominance and a certain amount of aggression from the male towards the female to keep her a female.

 

[hvacman250]

Well, here the same fish is 20 months later !!

Do we still say C. lubbocki ?

 

[Deinonych]

Looks like C. lubbocki to me.

http://inaturalist.ca/taxa/97851-Cirrhilabrus-lubbocki

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yeah, C. lubbocki, but it is the Bali variant.

 

[evolved]

So lubbocki it was, but the Bali variant it is.