Wrasse I.D. Please

[Jim_S]

The pics I took with the flash on, the fish has a green color that comes out. Its true colors are a deep blue and purple with a pink dorsal, no green at all when viewing the fish through the tank.

My buddy thinks its a type of Scotts, but I wanted to see if there is any other opinions out there. It came from the Solomon Islands.

W/out flash

W/Flash

 

[craiglanda]

looks like a pink margin wrasse to me but the pic is kinda fuzzy... cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus is the latin name.

 

[Jim_S]

This fish http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1872&articleid=3041 ?

 

[craiglanda]

http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=01-5015-10

 

[anydarnthing]

Looks more like a C. Punctatus aka. Fine-spotted wrasse.
http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng/29/1483/Cirrhilabrus/punctatus.htm
Look at figure 11 on this page
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/ft/index.php

 

[craiglanda]

yeah i agree the 3rd and 4th pics looked kinda like the pink margin except the head... I think you are right or at least closer with the C. Punctatus. At least by what it looks like in the pics.

 

[Jim_S]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11379376#post11379376 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by anydarnthing
Looks more like a C. Punctatus aka. Fine-spotted wrasse.
http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng/29/1483/Cirrhilabrus/punctatus.htm
Look at figure 11 on this page
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/ft/index.php

Yes!! Figure 11 is closest thing I have seen!

 

[wrasseguy2]

that is the fine spotted fairy..c. punctatus..there are alot of different varients of that fish..that is the one i like the most..one of the more aggressive fairys

 

[bradleyj]

I agree with wrasseguy2, Definately punctatus, villa wrasse. I have one and looks exactly like that.