Wrasse ID

[hawkfish21]

I bought this fish for my 135 reef. The sticker said Leopard Wrasse but didn't say what kind. Can anyone help me out?

 

[hawkfish21]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data...392IMG_1377.JPG

 

[hawkfish21]

One More Try

 

[CrazyLionfish]

You should name it, "Superman Leopard Wrasse" because thats what it looks like. I've never seen that type before.

 

[hawkfish21]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6562914#post6562914 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CrazyLionfish
You should name it, "Superman Leopard Wrasse" because thats what it looks like. I've never seen that type before.

No kidding! That's what made me buy it.

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

The pciture has way to much red tones - easy to see on the joints of the photo tank - so it is difficult to say without habing natural coloration.

Could be Macropharyngodon ornatus or the potters wrasse from hawai where my brain just does not find the coorect sientific name

 

[luvdemfishies]

It's the Chaoti wrasse. By the way very nice specimen.

 

[CrazyLionfish]

I'm not sure if it is the Chaoti wrasse, unless as Peter points out the coloring in the picture is not the actual coloring. Check this website out and see if its one of these, Luvdemfishies is saying that yours is the 2nd one on the list http://www.wetwebmedia.com/macropharyngodon.htm

However, yours looks quite small, but the juv version of the Chaoti wrasse looks like this

 

[dvmsn]

It could also be a Halichoeres or "Christmas Wrasse"

 

[kjmst29]

it's not a christmas wrasse (aka: ornate wrasse). my father has one and it looks nothing like that pic.

 

[thehedge]

Its a Leopard Wrasse...not sure of its exact species. How big is it? If it is small, it would be almost impossible to ID the exact species.

 

[fishermania]

I think it is a color variation on the ornate leopard wrasse.

 

[fishermania]

Here is a of the ornate wrasse.

 

[jda]

Check them out here.

 

[hawkfish21]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6567553#post6567553 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishermania
Here is a of the ornate wrasse.

That looks more like it.

 

[moonpod]

Isn't it a Geoffryi Leopard?

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6568345#post6568345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moonpod
Isn't it a Geoffryi Leopard?

Thats the name I was missing yesterday. Check our where the fish came fro, If hawaii then it is the Geoffryi

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6564397#post6564397 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by luvdemfishies
It's the Chaoti wrasse. By the way very nice specimen.

Never!
M.chaoti looks totally different. Neither male nor female coloration would fit with that.

Check Macropharyngodon choati pics

 

[just dave]

I agree with Peter about it being a Macropharyngodon ornatus .
It's not a Potters or Choats.

 

[Just Jim]

You should do some homework. That fish shouldn't be in a BB tank...