Clepticus parrae, Creole Wrasse

[Anonymous]

Hoping someone out there has kept this fish. Not much info out there and what little there is is not encouraging. Anyone?

 

[Anonymous]

I guess the relevant questions would be:

Did you include fine sand in the tank? Did you treat the fish with any medications? Did you obtain the fish at a LFS or via mail order? How large were they and how densely stocked did you keep them?

 

[IconicAquariums]

can you post the links to the info you found?

tyvm

 

[Anonymous]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/fishes/wrasses/

Here is another species we’ll mention, the Creole Wrasse, Clepticus parrae (Bloch & Schneider 1801) (3), simply because it (mis)enters the trade from time to time. This reef roamer is not often identified as a wrasse at all, as it cruises above the reefs of the tropical western Atlantic. The Creole Wrasse almost always dies in route from being shipped from the wild.

I don't put a whole lot of stock in what WWM has to say about fish, but it's hard finding any other info out there.

A few threads on RC that are discouraging.

I've talked to one person at a public aquarium that lost all of his over the course of a year.

In one thread here Jay mentioned they were very delicate.

However, one of Scott Michael's books lists them as a 4 out of 5 (5 being best) in terms of captive suitability.

 

[IconicAquariums]

Do you think it's the handling of the fish or just the long term requirements of them not being able to adapt?

I think some C. africanus have been targeted in W. Africa but not yet collected. Hopefully it's just the handling that is the problem.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you think it's the handling of the fish or just the long term requirements of them not being able to adapt?

I think some C. africanus have been targeted in W. Africa but not yet collected. Hopefully it's just the handling that is the problem.

No idea.

I was curious if you were going to mention the African species. They look very nice...have you seen C. brasilensis?

 

[Jacky W]

Matt,

Can this link help you?

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=119287

 

[IconicAquariums]

have you seen C. brasilensis?

I will see about getting the Brazil one. I found this pic on Google that looks awesome even though its dead.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt,

Can this link help you?

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=119287

It does, thank you Jacky.

 

[Anonymous]

have you seen C. brasilensis?

I will see about getting the Brazil one. I found this pic on Google that looks awesome even though its dead.

Those are some streamers! I noticed the range was a bit south. Would probably do best at a bit cooler temps.