WHich Wrasse

[powrsurg]

Hey FOlks,
Can you please help me identify this wrasse? I bought him today and forgot to write his name down. I have a wrasse only tank. Currently have 3 which get along very well. This one buries himself in the substrate and also picks up mouth fulls of it. He is a beauty and knew I had to have him since ive never seen him before.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billseabrook/7055227345/" title="Wrasse by bill.seabrook, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7055227345_aaa59d726c.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="Wrasse"></a>

 

[fishfreak2009]

It looks like one of the Stethojulis species, perhaps Stethojulis balteata.
Good luck with it, as they are notoriously difficult to keep in captivity. The folks on WetWebMedia seem to believe that the genus as a whole will not survive in any system other than a well established (multiple years thriving) system that is greater than 1000 gallons.