Wrasse ID help please

[piusma]

Needing some expert help IDing these two wrasse please. Was labelled as Rhomboid wrasse as the LFS but the colour is overall very pinkish with the exception of a little purple / blue near the head. These two fish are about 2"-2.5". Somehow the bigger fish shows it's blue / green colour in the picture but nothing looks like it in real person. It's overall pink /magenta colour.

Thanks for help.

Steven

 

[piusma]

After a little further search, I believe this is a pylei wrasse, wondering if someone could confirm with me.

Steven

 

[bradleyj]

Pylei Fairy wrasse.
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/images/products/Fish/large/000823_Cirrhilabrus_pylei.jpg

 

[mscarpena]

I had one and loved it. I jumped out so make sure you have a lid. One of my favorite all time fish.

 

[myerst2]

Hopefully your not paying rhomboid prices for tat Pyle.

 

[piusma]

Thank you for your help. I do have a cover for both my DT and QT thank you. I have a bunch of jumpers so a lid is a must.

I didn't pay Rhomboid price for them. They were either mis priced or on sale and I paid about $130 for the pair. Both were eating NLS dry food at the LFS. They're just settling in my QT on their second day.

I've read about some aggressive behaviour of this fish and am doing more research regarding this before I decided to drop them into my DT.
Steven

 

[camp]

I had only paid $35 for mine. I would do some checking on price on them around your area. That just seems high.