Sex.

[Slamajamajama]

Seeing the R.Wrasse pair ( ireefny )got me to ask...Standing in and looking in a LFS or Vendors tanks filled with R.Wrasses how can i tell which sex they areto come home with a pair, especialy if thr small?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/fish/31574-radiant-surprise.html

 

[loismustdie]

I was under the assumption that they are probably hermaphrodites. Lust like clows, anthias, and many other small SW fish.

 

[prattreef]

"Small juveniles have prominent ocelli in the dorsal fin that show as spots in females" Kuiter pg 134

 

[DevIouS]

I have a male / female pair:


http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=12790

 

[loismustdie]

so these don't switch? they are born either M or F and remain that way for life?