My new paluweh wrasse!

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Enjoy! A different wrasse you don't see often. It got red/pink head, orange upper body, blue tail and white under body....and two long black ventral fins.
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I had one about a year... not sure what happened to him. They have nice color for sure good find. What did you pay for it?
 
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Looks similar but not the same. Yours look mostly red on the upper part and mine has red head and orange body. Also yours has a black line separating between the top part and the lower white part.....mine doesn't. But one very distinct feature is the pure black ventral fin in the Paluweh fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus joanallenae). This species has only been discovered in the recent years.
I believe yours is the social or longfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis). If I'm correct your wrasse's ventral fin has half black and half red. That's the fish in the pic posted by David.
 
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I will have to get a better pic during the weekend when I have time. Your description of the body of Dave's is wrong. From the he'd back it is very orange. Either way cool fish, the Wholeseller must be popping out these mythical fish all week long.
 
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No black line separating orange from white it's solid blue. May be different but you description is the same of what I have.
 

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