Wrasse ID. Horrible pic best I could do.

[jagermeister]

I saw him at Elite a couple days ago and chuckled as the staff had written down the name of the fish on the glass and then erased it and left "wrasse". I saw why when I saw the wrasse as I had no idea what he was either.

I would suggest, if you have an account with either reef to reef or reefcentral, posting your pics on there. There's a wrasse expert who posts on both sites with the screen name 'evolved' who can probably identify it for you.

 

[J.guokas]

I saw him at Elite a couple days ago and chuckled as the staff had written down the name of the fish on the glass and then erased it and left "wrasse". I saw why when I saw the wrasse as I had no idea what he was either.

I would suggest, if you have an account with either reef to reef or reefcentral, posting your pics on there. There's a wrasse expert who posts on both sites with the screen name 'evolved' who can probably identify it for you.

I actually posted the pic on his thread last. Patiently waiting for a response.

 

[jagermeister]

Nice! Let us know what you find out.

 

[J.guokas]

Nice! Let us know what you find out.

I will. I can't wait to figure it out. Not knowing what I have is killing me lol.

 

[ReefCheif]

Juvenile fairy wrasse of some flavor

 

[jahmic]

Definitely looks like a fairy wrasse, probably too young to ID for sure. If I had to guess I'd say Cirhillabrus rubriventralis (red-fin fairy wrasse)

 

[Catfish Charlie]

Interesting wrasse! Your first photo my thought was a Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse. The second photo what "popped in my head" was a Female Rhomboid Wrasse. I don't believe it to be ether one of them, but still an interesting fish!

 

[J.guokas]

Interesting wrasse! Your first photo my thought was a Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse. The second photo what "popped in my head" was a Female Rhomboid Wrasse. I don't believe it to be ether one of them, but still an interesting fish!

ID'ing this wrasse has become a task for sure. Its a very beautiful fish.

 

[scchase]

rubiventralis complex most likely hard to tell which on though there are around 6 species that are almost all identical as females/juvis

 

[jda123]

These things will cross breed quite a bit in the wild. It is totally possible that you have a hybrid

As one of the national boards... there are some real wrasse lovers out there.

 

[fonduecat]

That's really funny, I was at Elite too when I saw that wrasse. I thought it was odd it wasn't labeled. I ended up getting the Tri-color they had in stock instead.

 

[jagermeister]

So did you ever get a positive id?

 

[J.guokas]

So did you ever get a positive id?

Not yet. I did get a few better pics.

 

[sethsolomon]

I am going to put my vote on a velvet rhomboid hybrid.

 

[scchase]

Nope Seth better photos helped its a juvi/female punctatus fairy wrasse

 

[CRW Reef]

Wow that thing is wicked cool, nice score!

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[J.guokas]

Nope Seth better photos helped its a juvi/female punctatus fairy wrasse

Is there a picture you found that made you think this?

 

[ReefCheif]

Nope Seth better photos helped its a juvi/female punctatus fairy wrasse

I refer back to my first post and 100% agree with this ID, was not sure which type of juvi fairy wrasse, but knew it was and this nailed it!

 

[scchase]

Photos from wrasse book