Unknown Cirrhilabrus Wrasse

[kevin b]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/It ... &siteid=20
Does anyone know what species of fairy wrasse this is?

 

[Anonymous]

It's the Tongan Flame wrasse It's mentioned in the wrasse thread below.

 

[Len]

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=83035

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Len

 

[Anonymous]

That looks like a plain old C. bathyphilus to me. :? It doesn't appear to have that elongated first dorsal spine that Hiroyuki was talking about.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

To me it is a male bathyphilus now; it has an outstanding yellow belly and without any spinous prolongation from the first dorsal fin that Tonga FW has in males. It seems a variant from Tanna Island not Efate Island of Vanuatu.

 

[Anonymous]

So why would they say the source is Tongan? Vanuatu fish don't flow thru Tongan exporters. Maybe Jim will chime in here, he's seen tons of them via the Tongan station he worked at

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Probably mislabelled but too expensive.

 

[Anonymous]

Doubtfull. They're supplier is very anal about source, and record keeping. They have to be, they're (supplier) MAC certified.