R.I.P. photo i.d.

[goldenboy]

I don't believe I've seen many people post pics of dead fish around here, and I'm sorry to be one of the few, but I need an i.d. on a fish I got at an lfs. I got a positive i.d. on it and am hoping to get an alternative name for it. It's VERY hard to find, and I haven't seen one quite like it before. Unfortunately it starved to death after about a week or so.

 

[goldenboy]

here's the pic

 

[schubert]

If I had to guess, some sort of wrasse of the coris genus or whatever

 

[f1shman]

gross.. lol ya defintily a wrasse.

 

[goldenboy]

yeah, I know it's a wrasse. I'm looking for a specific genus. It's reef safe.

 

[f1shman]

maybe some kind of a Leopard Wrasse

 

[ophiura]

If I had to guess I would say the genus is Halichoeres. My first thought was Halichoeres ornatissimus (the ornate wrasse) but I'm not so sure.

 

[goldenboy]

It's supposed to be a male african leopard wrasse. I bought the female (blue star) african, and I already had a female cook island. But the more research I did, the colorings look increadibly similar to the male version from the cook islands. I can't understand how the african female can differ so much from the cook female, but the 2 males can look so similar.

 

[ophiura]

Your certainly WAY beyond me with wrasse knowledge

 

[dogstar]

might be Macropharyngodon bipartitus marisrubri .....

 

[fishhead81]

Originally Posted by Dogstar
might be Macropharyngodon bipartitus marisrubri .....
there's seriously a creature named "Macropharyngodon Bipartitus Marisrubri"?!?! I have a hard time speakin english as it is!

 

[goldenboy]

I find the male is near impossible to find. If anyone comes across one or knows of where to get one I'd appreciate a heads up. My two females are lonely without him.

 

[ricks280]

alphabet wrasse????????? (lol)

(rick)