New babies

[jaa1456]

The last true lanceolatus I saw for sale was going for 2700 and it was Juvi/female.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

Do those larger wrasse live longer than the smaller?

 

[Ngoodermuth]

here;s the same fish i had on reef builders. this is it flashing.



pintails, and lunatus are being collected by the dozens now for the first time in years by RVS fish world. and this time many are alpha males or terminal in coloration. rarely they also offer C. brunneus and, this hybrid above.

If you haven't seen their Facebook page yet, you should. The number of pintails they hVe are insane.

So cool looking, and I did check out RVS on facebook...:inlove:

 

[YKTea]

I completely missed this thread on here until now.

I would like to point out one point of possible confusion; there is a BIG difference between C. cf. lanceolatus and C. lanceolatus. The latter is only known to the depths of Japan and has only been offered in the states in very few numbers (and at thousands of dollars). C. cf. lanceolatus is actually much closer (genetically) to C. lunatus, and is found in areas south of Japan and into the Philippians.

C. lanceolatus; big, deep (rare), very expensive, and quite aggressive

C. cf. lanceolatus: much smaller, more readily available (relatively), and quite mild in temperament

Some confusion was created on these two in the last year or so by some individuals and blogs using the common name of "Pintail"; Pintail used to be used in reference to cf. lanceolatus exclusively, but some started applying it also to C. lanceolatus. As a purest, it's only appropriate towards the former, but I digress.

I know who and I know exactly which lanceolatus was wrongly named pintail. It's a pet peeve with me too.