anyone with a male red margin wrasse

[NYreefNoob]

after searching and searching i get different pic's of what the male looks like, i do believe mine is a female though, if you have a male and have photo's would love to see it or a female for that matter

 

[DevIouS]

Yep....Female.

My male when I had him. He got a bit darker.
Now he's Dean's fish.

 

[Deanos]

According to H. Tanaka, that looks like a male, Rick.

See here: Fishbase

Females from the Pylei/Rubrimarginatus complex seem to have a black dot near their tail fin.

Example: Photo

 

[DevIouS]

Juvi colors??

 

[Deanos]

Young male would be my guess.

 

[NYreefNoob]

i hope, cause if he or she turn's into this i'll be happy, or once it turns more get a female. oh and Dean the pylie isn't acting up no more, 2 day's in the sump, and new addition's
http://www.reeflex.net/eng/29/1490/Cirrhilabrus/rubrimarginatus.htm

this
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1872&articleid=3041

this

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/hcs3/index.php

and this

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/redmarginfairywrasse/

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Rick, a lot of the wrasses that come in as males usually don't display their full coloration without 1) a female present, or 2) another male present. They need a reason to color up. They can color up once they settle in but the real colors don't come out without a stimulus. This is actually the case for a lot of fish. Our male anthias in one of our displays didn't color up until they had other males around to show off to. They were nice looking but the colors and behavior picked up a lot once a few more were added with some females of all different types. The Dispar and Bartlett males swim around in full display most of the time now.

 

[NYreefNoob]

Thank's Lfs I Have A Few Other Wrasse's In The Tank, Male And Female, So Ill Just Sit Back And Watch And See Where They Go, I Have A Female Pylie In There Also That Was Tempermental And After A Few Days In The Sump She Seem's To Be Acting Right Now, So Maybe One Or The Other Will Turn Or Both. Ty Guys

 

[Pinkheine]

From the looks of it seems like we have a male as well. Very awesome fish one of my favorites.

 

[Deanos]

Rick, your "reeflex" link has what IMO, the perfect female c. rubrimarginatus photo.

However, as usually with this hobby, this article has conflicting information. Written by H. Tanaka, a renowned Fairy/Flasher Wrasse expert, he states:

Females are an overall pink with a yellow head, the abdomen is whitish, and the fins are yellowish. The dorsal and caudal fins have a reddish margin.

But on the Fishbase.org link I posted yesterday, he labels the photo as male.

 

[DevIouS]

:tired:

 

[Deanos]

:tired:

:shutup:

 

[NYreefNoob]

Yeah I Know That's Why I Am A Little Confused, Guess Ill Just Wait And See, From The Size It Is, If It Is Going To Change Shouldnt Be Along Time, But Only Time Will Change, I Love The Male In The One Photo Though

 

[ellebelle]

I think it's a male as well. Either a young male or as lfsmarineguy said, it's possible he's been out of contact with other males and females of his species that he's reverted to a more female/juvenile coloring.