Fish Id If You Can Pls

[archy]

wifey went out at weekend and came back witha pair of these, male is more brighter about 2 " long looks wrasse like and behaves like a wrasse, i had to slap her cos i dont like her buying stuff without knowing what it is , have had a good look thro my books but cant find info , so was wondering if anyone here has a idea
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DSCF0863.jpg
thx in advance
Archy

[elliot]

defiantely a wrasse of some sort :)

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[Sean the Prawn]

Whatever it is it's lovely and really shouldn't have provoked a slap! :D

[paisley_pirate]

funny your wife buys you a fish and gets a slap!

i buy a fish and wife slaps me cruel world wanna swap!

could be wrong but looks like a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimdiatus)

but not be 100%

[Marine]

Not sure my reefing chum, but definatly not a blue streak cleaner wrasse!!!!

John

[Anna]

Archy,

I've had a look through my Wrasse book but to no avail - it "looks" like it could be a Halichoeres genus but I'm not 100% sure - beautiful fish though.

One quick question, does the male have more elaborate fins than the female pictured?

ta

Anna

[jerry]

might be worth having a look through this if you have some spare time, let us know if you find it
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/wrasses.htm

[archy]

thx for all replys , ive had a look at that link but couldnt find it there , the fins are the same on both fish , only differance being one fish is more duller than other, i will try and pop in to lfs some time over the weekend and ask what they got them in as, will also have a browes and see if i can find anything , could be there just same sex and one is better color than other, both are settled in tank ok , will post when i find out more
thx all
Archy

[SpanishTony]

If it wasn't for the blue stripe it looks just like my dwarf parrot wrasse

Tony

[Mapbuild]

Looks like a Yellow Head Wrasse ( Halichoeres Garnoti) to me.

See what you think

Link (http://www.etropicals.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=41&pCatId=1328)

Link 2 Check out the first picture under Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes 1839) section (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm)
Almost definately the same fish

Hope that helps

Mark

[mantis]

Looks like a Yellow Head Wrasse ( Halichoeres Garnoti) to me.

looks like we have a winner there, especially in the second link. pity the top half of his head is a bluish colour :blink:

craig

[archy]

yup most deff thats the one , many thx mark

[Anna]

:lol: after trawling through my Dr. Burgess Marine Atlas I also came up with Halichoeres garnoti - picture from fishbase.org is more like Archy's

Halichoeres garnoti (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?StartRow=1&ID=3663&what=species)

Lovely fish as a juvenille and stunning as an adult too :wub:

The Google images are even better :thumbsup:

Google Link (http://images.google.com/images?as_q=Halichoeres+garnoti&num=20&btnG=Goodle+Search&as_epq=&hl=&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgsz=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&imgsafe=active)

hth

Anna

[archy]

i been looking for my marine atlas for weeks and today i fouind it in loft with a load of other junk :lol: yes they are Halichoeres garnoti , wife did say they told her at lfs that they are reef safe , will have to see as they get older , but there in 7x2x2 tank and thats where they stay , so thx to you all for takeing the time to look for me , hopefully i can take some pics as they go thro there change and post on here

Archy