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Unread 07/06/2007, 07:54 AM   #1
MV_ReEfLoVer
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Who is this guy?????

I bought some live rock from the lfs jus yesterday.
I ended up having this cool hitchhacker!!!
any ideas what he could be?????

he is abt 2.5 inches

(im suprised how he survived the 45 min. trip!!)






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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:10 AM   #2
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nice hitchhiker!!!!!!! Lucky you.

it looks like a psuedochromis of some kind. The eye gives it away. Those guys love to hide in the holes of the rocks. I inadvertantly gave one to a fellow reefer because I sold the rock that he was hiding in.

Good score!


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:11 AM   #3
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definatley a dottyback



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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:12 AM   #4
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It looks like a light-spotted fairy wrasse, but could be psuedochromis.

Very nice hitchhiker!!


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:14 AM   #5
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It looks like a pseudochromis, but I don't know which species. But it's not one of common types I've seen at the LFS.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:31 AM   #6
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Yup its a very nice dotted wrasse.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:32 AM   #7
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cool, hope it is reef-safe or not real mean


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:47 AM   #8
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Most Wrasses are reef safe.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:47 AM   #9
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well they are reef safe, but sometimes can get territorial, i had a neon dottyback once, he was a mean little snot!


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Unread 07/06/2007, 08:52 AM   #10
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man you have some nasty algae....


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Unread 07/06/2007, 09:03 AM   #11
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It looks like a Pseudochromis steenei, but I can't tell if it really is a lyretail. It's probably the meanest of the dottybacks. Then again, you never know. I have an orchid who is the sweetest lil fish ever.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 09:04 AM   #12
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pseudochromidae/dottyback. definately not a wrasse. you'd think with a coloration like that it would be easy to identify the species but I sure cant. many dottyback species have multiple color variations which doesn't make it any easier. Looks like it could be one of the australian dottybacks, perhaps Ogilbyina novaehollandiae.
whatever species it is unless you have a large tank (6ft or more) and lots of rock once its established expect it to terrorize any fish remotely close in size and anything added after. I've seen them make their territory a piece of coral or rock in the middle of the tank and make 3 tangs five times its size stop in their tracks and refuse to swim across to the other side of the tank. and not docile tangs either, yellows and purples. Worse than damsels because dottybacks dont take size difference of themself and other fish into consideration nearly as much as damsels (well until damsels get to be a size you cant keep them with anything either). they will attack anything if they are defending a territory. hawkfish, damsels, whatever cant swallow them whole and maybe them too depending on the species.



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Unread 07/06/2007, 09:11 AM   #13
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It looks like a Pseudochromis steenei, but I can't tell if it really is a lyretail. It's probably the meanest of the dottybacks. Then again, you never know. I have an orchid who is the sweetest lil fish ever.
the color is right but the tail is all wrong for a Steenei aka lyretail. tail looks rounded in the pic.

fridmani (orchid)probably the only pseudochromis without a chip on its shoulder. splendid not too bad either but I wouldn't trust one with smaller fish. whatever that is its almost garaunteed to be beligerent.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 09:13 AM   #14
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Pseudochromis for sure. Possibly Howson's Dottyback, Spiny Dottyback, or Lyretail Dottyback


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Unread 07/06/2007, 09:37 AM   #15
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i did see the tail, and that is why I said I'm not sure it really is a lyretail. But, it was the best match I could find. Who knows. It could be a mixture. My orchid has a tail that trails off, like a lyretail. It makes her seem even more ribbon-like, but no one would say she isn't a fridmani.

One more to try is Pseudoplesiops wassi.

And yes, the coloring isn't an exact in any fish, but it is a good guide.

The picture also resembles a marshall island dottyback, but it doesnt have enough yellow-ish hue along the fins.

By the way, where is your rock from? This could help narrow it down a bit.


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Unread 07/06/2007, 10:45 AM   #16
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i did see the tail, and that is why I said I'm not sure it really is a lyretail.
I wasn't trying to imply you were wrong. I was trying to say it looks like a steenei to me as well but if the tail is so distinctual that a common name for it is a lyretail dottyback I'm inclined to believe the tail would be a distinquishing feature to either rule it in or out. the tail on that one is a common shape for some of the other dottybacks but the color screams steenei. who knows, not me?


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Unread 07/06/2007, 11:22 AM   #17
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Very nice! I could only wish for such a hitchhiker! Sure beats Aptaisia.


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Unread 07/07/2007, 01:03 PM   #18
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I thought he was a grouper at first (from the pattern on his eyes)
he's pretty mean towards his tank mates.

yet unsure what he could be.


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Unread 07/07/2007, 03:33 PM   #19
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definately no wrasse, u can tell by the mouth... psuedochromis for sures

similar to a dilectus but with a orange tail eh, what a lucky hitch

if u got it at the LFS, knowing is origin is useless, culda jumped from a tank or from wholesalers tanks etc...

i've seen it before selling for like 40 bucks cdn, what luck you have eh


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