What kind of wrasse is this?

[ferretscent]

I got this fish with my tank. i know it is a wrasse, but I am not sure what kind. I was told it is a rare, blue tailed corris wrasse. If somone knows, please help me figure this out. I have never seen one in a book, LFS, or anywhere else.

[danorth]

It is a Coris of some kind. Supposedly there are 27 different kinds, but this one doesn't match the ones I see pictured. Cool fish! Here are the ones it Doesn't look like:


C. aygula
C. ballieui
C. batuensis
C. caudimacula
C. cuvieri
C. formosa
C. frerei
C. gaimard
C. julis
C. picta
C. pictoides
C. sandeyeri
C. variegata
C. venusta

[pactrop]

I looks like a Coris gaimard without the yellow tail. interesting.

[jrobison]

I would send the pic to Bob Fenner at wetwebmedia.com and see if he can help. Nice Fish though.

[ferretscent]

Thanks for the advice, He's a beautiful fish that i had in my 215 gallon tank, but had to move him to a 46 gallon because of the compatability of the other fish. I know he's not as happy as he was, especially because he is about the length of my hand, but he has adjusted. I buy cherrystone clams from the grocery store for him to eat as a treat. They stay alive in the tank for a few months before he breaks into them. Its fun to watch!

[billsreef]

Thumb through the coris listings on fishbase.

http://fishbase.org/NomenClature/Sci...ry&backstep=-2

The African Coris, used to be Coris gaimard africana, looks like a strong possibilty.

[pactrop]

I thought the africana had a yellow tail also?

[pactrop]

I thought africana had yellow tails also.

[billsreef]

I thought that to, until I got curious and started looking at pictures on fishbase. Than I came to the conclusion that what I've seen from wholesalers as africana were not really africana