Help ID this fish

[Awibrandy]

I can't figuere out what wrasse this is. It is tiny compared to my blue sided ones, so perhaps it is a juvenile.

 

[meschaefer]

Potters wrasse?

 

[Deanos]

If I had to guess, I'd say Paracheilinus filamentosus (juvenile)

 

[meschaefer]

Potters wrasse?

Sorry wrong craftsman...

I mean a carpenters wrasse

 

[Awibrandy]

I know the pic is lousy, but it is really fast. I took about 10 pics of it last night, and I manage to get it in only 1 frame.lol
Interesting ID, it was sold to me as a McCosker. It doesn't look like a McCosker to me that is why I was wondering if it was a juvi, or perhaps a female. I'll try and get a better pic.

 

[Deanos]

Without a filament count, it will be nearly impossible to ID as a Carpenter's or Mccosker's. It's too young.

 

[Awibrandy]

OK, I'll give it time to grow. Thanks guys.

 

[Awibrandy]

I believe this is the fish I have. A female McCosker. Disappointed, well I guess I should have made it clear that I wanted a male.:biglaugh:

Paracheilinus attenuatus (Figures 7 & 8 below) was regarded as P. mccoskeri until recently (Randall, 1999) and was originally described by a specimen from the Seychelles, although there are no current shipments from this area as far as I know. Dr. John Randall once informed me that he would soon be describing a new species of Paracheilinus from the Seychelles, and then I remembered that Takeshi Aoki of Tokyo had long kept a female from Kenya that eventually changed into a fully-grown male (in 1998). I informed Randall of the Kenyan male and he wished to examine it, so Aoki kindly sent me the specimen to preserve in formalin. Eventually, Randall named it by using several specimens, including Aoki's (Randall, 1999). It is only rarely seen at retailers in Japan, and I unexpectedly and very luckily obtained a female in 2003. The Kenyan males have a slightly different coloration with a blackish area on their caudal fin.

Figures 7 & 8. Paracheilinus attenuatus, female (left), and male in display (right) from Kenya. Note the short filamentous tip on the center of the dorsal fin (left fish). Right photo by Takeshi Aoki.​

 

[prattreef]

Awilda,

If in fact you have a female ( I can't tell what you have from the photo), they are much harder to come by than the males. (not collected as often because they are less spectacular) You can either find a male to pair up with it, or I am sure several members would take it off your hands... Tosiek has a male Mc Cosker's and I know Deanos is looking for female flashers.

Randy

 

[tosiek]

I was looking for a female Mkcosker =0) I'm stupid for not getting the only one i seen.

They are hard to come by b/c collectors have hard times getting rid of them as easily as the males. If it is a female mkcosker, my male is a little lonely :wink1: Try to get a better pic.