ID this wrasse please

[rookie07]

VividAquariums has this wrasse listed as a filamented wrasse, but I dont think it is, what wrasse is this (use the link)?

Listed as:
Filamented Flasher Wrasse
(Paracheilinus filamentosus) link below

http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=01-5025-10&SortBy=Price

I thought this was a FFW:

Thank you,
Phil

 

[albano]

well they both do have filaments!
If you're talking about the color diff. , that could be a difference of M/F?, maybe juvi colors? or, in the region it was collected? But besides that I could easily find dozens of wrong pics, on vendor sites!
Vivid is a great shop/vendor...if you sent a pic of what you want, they can probably get it for you (they go to the wholesalers everyday at LAX)

 

[THEDLO]

Dot and Dash flasher wrasse

here are the flasher wrasse types (scroll to the bottom). LINK

 

[rookie07]

Albano: Thanks, I will contact them.

DLO: Thanks for the link, but on that site they confuse McCoskers and Carpenter flasher wrasse's, so I'm not sure how accurate they are. I googled the scientific name, and saw many "Dot and Dash" so that very well may be correct, thanks!

 

[NYreefNoob]

you have a picture from live aquaria and info from vivid aquarium, those are two different fish, link is P. lineopunctatus , nice fish ive tried them a few times with no luck

 

[lfsmarineguy]

The pic in the first post is Filamentosus. Lineopunctatus, has a larger and more rounded anal fin as well as a rounded tail, while Filamentosus has more of a "lyre" or "harp" like tail with streamers. The Vivid link is definitely misidentitified, that is not filamentosus.

 

[rookie07]

NYreefNOOB:

VividAquariums has this wrasse listed as a filamented wrasse, but I dont think it is, what wrasse is this (use the link)?

Why did they die?

lfsmarineguy: thanks, exactly what I thought.

 

[NYreefNoob]

not sure, they would eat from get, then stop, ive had really good luck with alot of different wrasse's, this being one i havent, the koi wrasse also one i never had luck with