ID this very weird fish please !

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 04:29 PM

hi my friends, i know ive been asking ALOT these days, but iam confused, I saw this fish at LFS and they still dont know its name lol, its in a bad condition, and tries to hide under sand or in crushed corals, she looks nice, and would be great with my 6 lined wrasse, fredimani and nemo, so if anyone knows its name plz help, it looks like leopard wrasse somehow , but its not, i searched everywhere on google but nothing , here's the only pic i could get for it, she's sneaky

she's from the RED SEA ...

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 04:47 PM

she's so tiny like one inch or smaller

zma21 · 06/26/2007, 05:12 PM

leopard wrasse?

mr_o98 · 06/26/2007, 05:18 PM

Do you have a better picture?

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 05:19 PM

no sorry

i k now its a very bad pic but the fish was so mean and spooky

HBtank · 06/26/2007, 05:38 PM

lol, stay away from the mean and spooky fish

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 05:39 PM

lol , poor lil thing needs to be saved, but i wont get it unless i know what it is , so no identifier for today

HBtank · 06/26/2007, 05:46 PM

Looks like a wrasse. And a sand sleeping one, from the behavoir.

But this can be tricky, many wrasse look nothing like their adult versions as juveniles...

Someone may recognize it.

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 06:02 PM

guys I found it yay !!! its called ''Yellowbreasted wrasse'' or ''Anampses twistii'' , pheww now i can see what it likes and dislikes, and if she's gonna live ok with my 2 6 lined wrasses or not, thank you allllllll

Am4nn · 06/26/2007, 06:06 PM

Neat looking fish I'll have to keep an eye out for one myself. Glad you were able to ID it.

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 06:12 PM

a decent pic, looks like a grown up here, and very good condition, mine is a juvi and looks terrible, as well as my crappy cybershot cam lol

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 06:14 PM

now the question is, can i keep more than one species of wrasse in my 90g ?? heard they r territorial.... i have a fredmani too and wanted to add a sunrise dottyback and a Pseudochromis springeri , so what do you guys think ?

Paradi · 06/26/2007, 06:41 PM

Paradi · 06/27/2007, 12:39 AM

shes not that pretty . or what do u think...

techreef · 06/27/2007, 10:37 AM

post this question w/ the specific species of wrasses involved on the Reef Fishes forum. there are a bunch of wrasse experts over there. short answer from my limited multi-wrasse experience in my 90G tank is yes, you can mix wrasses. but there is a best-practices order of adding them to the tank, which depends on the aggressiveness of each wrasse species. again, the posters on Reef Fishes can hook you up w/ that list. I think you may run into problems w/ your 6-lines beating the snot out of the Anampses twistii, especially if the 6-lines are bigger than the newbie. good luck!

06/26/2007, 04:29 PM	#1
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	ID this very weird fish please ! hi my friends, i know ive been asking ALOT these days, but iam confused, I saw this fish at LFS and they still dont know its name lol, its in a bad condition, and tries to hide under sand or in crushed corals, she looks nice, and would be great with my 6 lined wrasse, fredimani and nemo, so if anyone knows its name plz help, it looks like leopard wrasse somehow , but its not, i searched everywhere on google but nothing , here's the only pic i could get for it, she's sneaky she's from the RED SEA ... Last edited by Paradi; 06/26/2007 at 04:35 PM.

06/26/2007, 05:12 PM	#3
zma21 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,453	leopard wrasse? __________________ SCA 50 Starfire: In Progress Current Tank Info: 20 High -> 40 Cube -> Nanocube 12 DX -> 25 Gallon Rimless -> 10 Gallon AGA Temporary Tank -> JBJ 24 LED -> SCA Starfire 50 Cube

06/26/2007, 05:18 PM	#4
mr_o98 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pen Argyl, PA Posts: 600	Do you have a better picture? __________________ Sometimes I amaze even myself. I feel like I have TWO brilliant minds. Current Tank Info: 90g fish only tank, Green Chromis, Ocellaris clown, 6 line Wrasse, Convict Tang, Foxface Lo, Decorator Goby, Lemon Drop butterfly, Flameback Angel - 30g sump, Euro Reef skimmer, 2 250w MH

06/26/2007, 05:38 PM	#6
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	lol, stay away from the mean and spooky fish __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

06/26/2007, 05:46 PM	#8
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Looks like a wrasse. And a sand sleeping one, from the behavoir. But this can be tricky, many wrasse look nothing like their adult versions as juveniles... Someone may recognize it. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

06/26/2007, 04:47 PM	#2
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	she's so tiny like one inch or smaller

06/26/2007, 05:19 PM	#5
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	no sorry i k now its a very bad pic but the fish was so mean and spooky

06/26/2007, 05:39 PM	#7
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	lol , poor lil thing needs to be saved, but i wont get it unless i know what it is , so no identifier for today

06/26/2007, 06:02 PM	#9
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	guys I found it yay !!! its called ''Yellowbreasted wrasse'' or ''Anampses twistii'' , pheww now i can see what it likes and dislikes, and if she's gonna live ok with my 2 6 lined wrasses or not, thank you allllllll

06/26/2007, 06:06 PM	#10
Am4nn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Columbia MO Posts: 111	Neat looking fish I'll have to keep an eye out for one myself. Glad you were able to ID it.

06/26/2007, 06:12 PM	#11
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	a decent pic, looks like a grown up here, and very good condition, mine is a juvi and looks terrible, as well as my crappy cybershot cam lol

06/26/2007, 06:14 PM	#12
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	now the question is, can i keep more than one species of wrasse in my 90g ?? heard they r territorial.... i have a fredmani too and wanted to add a sunrise dottyback and a Pseudochromis springeri , so what do you guys think ?

06/26/2007, 06:41 PM	#13
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145

06/27/2007, 12:39 AM	#14
Paradi Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 145	shes not that pretty . or what do u think...

06/27/2007, 10:37 AM	#15
techreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montclair, NJ Posts: 1,046	post this question w/ the specific species of wrasses involved on the Reef Fishes forum. there are a bunch of wrasse experts over there. short answer from my limited multi-wrasse experience in my 90G tank is yes, you can mix wrasses. but there is a best-practices order of adding them to the tank, which depends on the aggressiveness of each wrasse species. again, the posters on Reef Fishes can hook you up w/ that list. I think you may run into problems w/ your 6-lines beating the snot out of the Anampses twistii, especially if the 6-lines are bigger than the newbie. good luck!