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Wrasse Identification Related Articles: Halichoeres Wrasses,
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Selection, Wrasse Behavior, Wrasse Compatibility, Wrasse
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Bob --
Pictures of my new Lightning Wrasse (Halichoeres cyanocephalus) 2/29/08
I figured I'd send these along to you. I acquired a 5.5" supermale
Halichoeres cyanocephalus wrasse (Lightning Wrasse) the other day at my
LFS.
It's one of the most gorgeous specimens I've seen (though I've only seen
3 besides this one and all 3 were puny and much less colorful).
Just here to share (plus I didn't like the picture on WWM of it since it
doesn't show much! ;) ).
<Very nice>
PS -- The pictures where the wrasse looks lighter are with flash on and
the darker pictures are his more natural deep blue -- though it's hard
as hell
to get a shot of him without flash without major motion blur!
- Jon
<Don't you and I know! Thanks for sending them along Jon. Bob Fenner> |
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Re:
Halichoeres trispilus – 11/21/07
Oh joy Bob! The H. trispilus is out and about and swimming
famously and picking at the rock in the 125!
<It looks to be a very nice specimen indeed>
He's sturdier than I thought in that he's taken a few shots from
the Yellow Tang but simply dashes out of the way and goes right
back to his business. He's a splendid fish! I've attached a
couple pretty good pics of him for you. Also, I have an
Australian Scott's Fairy Wrasse that I brought in to add to my
180 display (I did order this one), and he is finally out and
about as well. What a relief. I've coveted this fish for ages
and finally decided to bite the financial bullet and bring one
in for display. He's stunning. When he gets more comfortable and
shows himself more readily, I'll send a pic.
<Thank you for this>
Off to scrub mix containers. Sounds fun doesn't it? Actually, I
love every minute of it. :O)
Peggy
www.all-reef.com
<Will post the pix with credit to you Peggy. Thank you, BobF>
Re: Halichoeres trispilus
11/23/07
Hi Bob,
<Peggy>
In looking at the H. trispilus shown on WWM, there surely is a
marked difference in the color morph. Do you think the fish I
received is actually the trispilus? I know color morphs vary
from different geographical areas, etc., but would it be this
diverse? Just curious and thought you may know.
Hope you are enjoying your holiday!
Peggy
www.all-reef.com
<Thank you my friend. You've seen the graphics et al. on the
general Net (Google images) and Fishbase.org for this species?
Your pic does concern me... for its resemblance to an aberrant
or cross twixt H. chrysus... and? And the stated distribution of
this fish. VERY few organisms are collected in these areas that
make their way into U.S. markets... And I see you are located in
MN... Is possible... but... BobF>
Re:
Halichoeres trispilus 11/23/07
I'm inclined to think it's a hybrid of the H. chrysus
judging by what I've seen of the trispilus info. I guess I'll
never know for sure unless someone else comes up with something
similar and it was in fact collected in the likely area, etc. It
is surely a beautiful fish, and I'm not disappointed.
I love them all. He won't be for sale so there's no concern
there. He's for display only and makes a wonderful addition.
Many thanks Bob. Let me know if you happen to learn anything
contrary to our latest discussion.
Peggy
www.all-reef.com
<Will do. BobF, now out in HI>
Re:
Halichoeres trispilus 11/21/07 12/11/07
From the description below I would guess that the wrasse is
a white bellied wrasse (Halichoeres leucoxanthus), sometimes
called a Banana four spot.
<Ahh! I do agree:
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7806>
I ordered a Golden Coris Wrasse but received the white bellied
instead.
Has turned out to be a very good fish and tank mate with two
clowns, two green chromis, a bi-color blenny, a river minnow and
an Anthias in a 36 gallon tank.
Leon Gipson
Blounts Creek, NC
<Thank you for this ID. Will post with. Bob Fenner> |
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Wrasse Identification 1/10/07
<Hi Mike, Graham T. here.>
Can you please help me identify this Wrasse at my local fish store as
they aren't exactly sure what type it is. It's listed as Pastel Coris
Wrasse but I can't seem to find any information for this fish. If you
have any info on this fish like size, compatibility, etc I'd greatly
appreciate the help. Two pictures should be attached of the Wrasse in
the tank at the store.
<Mike, Halichoeres hortulanus is a wide guess here, but you need to edit
these pix for inclusion to our server. Our limit is about 10MB, and that
means when you send 3+MB, then other emails get bounced. Furthermore, I
only see one picture that managed to make it. Try editing the pictures
to a more viewable/sendable size, like 1024x768 or smaller and less than
600K per. Will make a closer ID with the resend. Thanks
-Graham T.>>
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Please id my wrasse.... 12/17/06
Hello-we have had him/her for about 6 months. He hasn't changed
too much in color - but he is bigger and fatter!) and his dark
brown stripe now goes to his tail and he seems to have very light blue
/pink lines as well. He sleeps in the sand like my red coris. I have
researched many sites and have not found him. Thanks!
ML Jones
<I make this out as an initial phase Halichoeres zeylonicus:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeresn-z.htm
A nice specimen at that! Bob Fenner> |
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Halichoeres ID 7/15/06
Hello ladies and gents,
<Howdy Eric>
I recently purchased a Halichoeres wrasse which was sold as a Halichoeres
kallochroma, however, I'm not sure that the ID was correct.
<On fishbase:
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=59463&genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=kallochroma>
He's tough to get a picture of right now (as he's buried in the sand bed), but
there was one feature which struck me as possibly being unique. The fish has a
small grouping of chrome-like scales (literally looks like polished chrome) on
each side of his body just behind his front pair of fins. Overall, the fish is
green with a pink-striped pattern on the head and to a lesser degree, the
body. I'll try and get a pic tomorrow, but if you have any ideas please let me
know.
Thanks,
Eric
<Mmm, could be this species just the same... there is some geographic
variation... and very wide developmental differences in coloration. Bob Fenner>
Can you ID the wrasse in the attached photo? - 05/29/06
< I will try my best! >
I've looked at your site and I
think its a Coris venusta but its hard to tell.
< It closely resembles a Halichoeres melanurus male, but I have been
wrong before! >
Also, when I put this three
inch wrasse with a big mouth in the tank a month ago my coral goby
disappeared, do you think the wrasse ate him?
< I seriously doubt it. Not that it couldn't happen. I would expect the
wrasse to eat anything small, but more along the lines of crustaceans
and worms. >
Thanks
Matt
< You are very welcome
RichardB > |
Wrasse ID - 05/29/06
Hi
<Hello there>
Can you ID the wrasse in the attached photo? I've looked at your site
and I think its a Coris venusta but its hard to tell. Also, when I put
this three inch wrasse with a big mouth in the tank a month ago my coral
goby disappeared, do you think the wrasse ate him?
Thanks
Matt
<Is a Halichoeres species, see here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm
and yes, could have consumed the Gobiodon. Bob Fenner> |
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Neon Wrasse
Hey Robert-
Could you help me with the scientific name for the Neon Wrasse.
<Hmm, nothing comes up for the common name on FishBase.org... Maybe this is Halichoeres iridis. See the pic on our site here: http://wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm>
I've read
various articles and books mention the neon but there is no reference to
its background or requirements.
<A more recent import... about "medium" in hardiness, much like other members of this "super-genus"... Bob Fenner>
Thanks
Mike
Fish identity
Hey Bob,
It was nice to meet your wife and see you again.
<A delight my friend>
Can you help out and look at the attached mail and try to identify for fish.
<Hmm, well, I did what try to sharpen this image... can't make it out very well... but it does look like a juvenile of a genus Halichoeres Wrasse... not much help here... Please do look over the scant photographic coverage of this "super-genus" posted on our site:
http://wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm
Does your friend know which part of the world this fish was collected in? Please do look through the resource:
FishBase.org for much more in the way of photographic listings of this genus. Bob Fenner>
John Dawe
the unconscious marine aquarist
<You're cracking me up John>
www.masm.org
Halichoeres cyanocephalus: Yellowcheek wrasse
Hi Bob, or Steve, or Anthony :)
<whasssup?>
Can you please help me ID this little guy?
<yep... unmistakable: a young male Halichoeres cyanocephalus>
It was sold to me as a "Brazilian flasher wrasse",
<AKA Yellowcheek wrasse... gets BIG, almost a foot long and quite beautiful.
There's a wicked picture of a terminal male on fishbase.org at http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3662&genusname=Halichoeres
&speciesname=cyanocephalus >
but the only fish that I see it could be is a Sunrise Dottyback. What do you think?
<nope... different face, no yellow on the tail... two very different fishes. You have a
Yellowcheek wrasse>
I have had this fish for over six months now, and it's the only fish in my care that I am unsure of - Help!
<I hope that you have a big tank or plan for one :)>
Thanks for everything, Manuel
<best regards, Anthony>
incoming!! (Jason.C digital pix from last week, Cozumel)
On the way to you via Priority Mail... a CDROM of the images, some 400 or
so... everything that is actually in focus and the USB cable for the
Olympus.
<Thank you, but no rush... am not able to review, add for a week or so.>
On the images... the only manipulation I've done is to orient/rotate the
images, the rest is up to you. Sometime, about midweek, Lorenzo talked me
into using the SHQ-JPEG mode which creates images at 2200-something by
1700-something. These images survive cropping very well as everyone of the
four mega-pixels gets used. They can easily be converted to TIFF format if
in fact they turn out well enough to go to print.
<Again... you folks may know better... but the real world of editors want ORIGINAL TIFFs for print...>
Otherwise, I'm sure
there's a picture or two that would do just fine on the web... speaking of
which, you/me/we should put up that Slippery Dick I sent you as the one
image that is on that particular wrasse page certainly doesn't look like
that.
<No... may seem ridiculous... but have left out/off due to common name. Blue Nose Bob>
Cheers,
J -- |
almost done with the ID, Would this be a Pudding Wife?
<Nope, it's a member of the same genus though... a terminal phase Slippery Dick,
Halichoeres bivittatus. Bob F> |
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Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Halichoeres)
Bob- Attached please fine a picture of what I believe is a female Pseudojuloides cerasinus. I was unable to find a photo on your site of the
female, so wanted to submit this to you. This is the best shot out of about 20. :)
<Thank you for sending the image along... but am almost sure this is a Halichoeres garnoti (initial phase)... a wrasse from the tropical West Atlantic... Please see here re: http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=4851
For Pseudojuloides cerasina
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=3663
and http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm
For Halichoeres garnoti>
I'll be working on getting some better shots, if you have any interest at all, please let me know your preferred sizes.
<Most anything in focus, colored, balanced... suitable for Net presentation (up to a few hundred kilobytes) is fine... you might want to place your pix on our sister server/site: WetWebFotos.com >
Thanks for the great web site-
<A pleasure to share. Bob Fenner>
Brent Barr
Wrasse ID please!
I'd like to thank you right away for having such a fantastic source
available! It's terrific & I use your info constantly.
I've been searching in your library & forums in order to get more info
on a Wrasse that I saw at the LFS. The search is a bit daunting
considering all the wrasses species out there, and I've had no luck with
finding info on this one. The LFS have it labeled as a "neon
wrasse" and they say it's reef safe.
<Mmm, semi-"reef safe"... this looks to me to be a juvenile
Halichoeres garnoti, please see here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm
a species seen more and more in the trade, and a real beauty as an
adult>
I do trust these guys, but I always like to have more then one source of
info before I buy (so I have a better idea what I'm getting.)
I've attached a pic of the fish, and I believe it is a juvenile.
<Yes, and a very nice pic>
Any more info would be so greatly appreciated. Especially..... do they get
large? Do they become destructive to reefs when they get older? What color
is it going to be when it's older?
Thank you so much for your time & wisdom..
Jane
<Knowledge perhaps a bit, am waiting, hopeful on wisdom. Bob Fenner> |
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Re: wrasse ID please!
Bob, thank you for the fast reply! Wow! (Thanks...I used a digital camera
to
get the pic I sent. and about a dozen tries to get it!)
<Generally takes me at least two, three dozen...>
Thank you too for pointing me in the right direction. It's wonderful to
know
more about this fish. I think I'll go ahead and purchase one... although
it
does give me pause when you said it's semi reef safe... does that mean it
will chew on corals or eat my cleaner shrimp?
Thank you again for your time & helping make this hobby better!
Jane
<Likely leave both alone... but not absolutely (there are very, very
few organisms that are) reef safe... Bob Fenner> |
Good Wrasse/Bad Wrasse?
I just looked up info on the canary wrasse that you mentioned. It says it is also called a yellow wrasse and that only an expert should try to keep it.
<I think that you are mistaken. The wrasse that I referred to is a Halichoeres chrysus, one of the easiest of the wrasses to keep. In fact, in Scott Michael's "Marine Fishes" (the classic pocket
reference in the hobby), he rates it a "4" (on a 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the easiest to keep fishes). Do recheck. remember, several fishes my be known by the same common name, which is why I referred to it by the scientific name. I've kept these fishes for years with no troubles. They are hardy, fun to watch, and colorful. Good luck! Regards, Scott F.>
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