fairi wrasses

[jean19]

http://images1.hiboox.com/vignettes/1907/6degxc75.jpg (http://www.hiboox.com/image.php?img=6degxc75.jpg)
could you tell me the name of those wrasses?
merci

[waterfaller1]

This man could tell you!:cool:
http://zipcodezoo.com/photographers/Hiroyuki%20Tanaka.asp

[karid]

looks like a female solar wrasse? The body is a little green...but could be a color variant. They do have red heads like that w/ the red coming back past the "arm" fins (don't know what they're called).

[scarab65]

My guess is Cirrhilabrus Cyanopleura

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1153&N=0

[karid]

Actually, I have a ruby head C. cyanopleura (the one linked to above). The red on the head only goes back to the "arm" fin, not past it. If the red is *only* on the head, then it would be the cyanopleura. But since the red goes past the head, it is more likely a solarensis.

I know this because of a thread a year or two ago w/ Bronco7777 distinguishing the differences for me and another user who had a female solarensis (and I had the rubyhead) and we wanted to know if they were the same fish or not.

Here's mine:
http://www.dickensons.org/Aquariums/RubyHeadFairyWrasse.jpg

[jean19]

merci,
i want to know ,for me to get a male,and the retailer don,t look very good at naming them, not many people know or keep those fishes in France,if i had known before fairy wrasses would be the only kind of fish in my tank

[scarab65]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9897014#post9897014 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by karid
Actually, I have a ruby head C. cyanopleura (the one linked to above). The red on the head only goes back to the "arm" fin, not past it. If the red is *only* on the head, then it would be the cyanopleura. But since the red goes past the head, it is more likely a solarensis.

I know this because of a thread a year or two ago w/ Bronco7777 distinguishing the differences for me and another user who had a female solarensis (and I had the rubyhead) and we wanted to know if they were the same fish or not.

Here's mine:
http://www.dickensons.org/Aquariums/RubyHeadFairyWrasse.jpg

Thanks for the info dude :) Now I can see the difference. So jean's fish is a female solarensis then?

BTW your cyanopleura is AWESOME!!!:eek1:

[karid]

Well, that's *my* guess....it sure looks like the other one I remember seeing, I'll try and find that thread. Except Jean's is more green and less blue.

Found it: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1115696

There's also: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=326998&highlight=female+solarensis

Thanks re: my fish! He's a real cool guy.