Need a Wrasse ID

BlkWolfe · #1 08/12/2005, 11:32 AM

Store wasnt quite sure what she was, and sold her for a very good price.

Very active and alert, nibbling out of my fingers her second day in my tank.

Her colors are somewhat muted in the pics. Striations on her face are quite blue, and very yellow in her dorsal, anal and caudal fins.

LargeAngels · #2 08/12/2005, 11:50 AM

Are the ventral fins really long? Reminds me of my C. pylei except mine is a large male with a blue stripe on the end of the tail.

LargeAngels · #3 08/12/2005, 11:51 AM

utah024 · #4 08/12/2005, 12:15 PM

actually almost looks like a very immature lineatus to me...how big is it?

Vili_Shark · #5 08/12/2005, 02:55 PM

Juv. Lineatus

BlkWolfe · #6 08/12/2005, 03:27 PM

About 4 inches. First thing that came to mine when i saw her was a female/juv lineatus as well. Size kinda threw me off though...

BlkWolfe · #7 08/12/2005, 03:28 PM

And she has short ventrals

Peter Schmiedel · #8 08/13/2005, 01:44 AM

I had lineatus, my females did not look like this, Not even before the turn into males.

My vote is therefore to the pylei

sschafer · #9 08/13/2005, 10:33 AM

That is a C. pylei (female).

-Steve