Eel Keeper Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 What kind of wrass is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Can you get a clearer pic with its fins more visible? It is some kind of Fairy wrasse but there are several that are red like that. need a better pic to better identify markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Also what store you got it from can possibly help as the LFS's have certain kinds they get in on a regular basis from my experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Keeper Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 My buddy broght it to me as a gift from a store in Houston off of south 45? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Keeper Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Most defiantly a fairy.wrass of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Keeper Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Run it through Google image (click the picture and drag it to the Google image bar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Keeper Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I think I'm going with Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Whipfin is as good a guess as any, but with so many differences in coloration between males and females and even geographic variences within the same species.It's difficult to ID it as a whipfin for sure. Enjoy it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Definitely a fairy wrasse. I would go with a female Labout's because of the red eye, but they're expensive. I would have to consult my reference book to see if anything matches. I do not think it's a whip fin because the dorsal is short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 The females of several of the Fairy wrasses look very similar to this so I don't think you are going to be able to effectively identify it without additional information of collection area or if the store that ordered it has a name from the wholesaler. But my guess is that it is a female and not male as most of the males are very distinct in color pattern and much easier to define. It could be a female Whipfin as they don't necessarily have the longer fin, a Clair's female, a Redfin female, Yellowfin/Barred female... I doubt it is a Labout's as the female still has purple lines running the length of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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