Fish ID please

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Thanks for the help. He's about 4 in ATM, so not worried about him eating fish. I asked if he was reef safe, oh ya no problem.....I have 2 cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp.....lots of snails.....

How could they know if it's reef safe if they don't have a name?

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by paddyob

How could they know if it's reef safe if they don't have a name?

They told me it was a red lined wrasse.

I get it - I f@#ked up.

[kien]

It could very well be a "Red Lined wrasse". Often times a LFS will get stuff in with the common name given to the fish from the supplier/distributor. The LFS was told it was a Red Line wrasse on the shipping slip, so as far as they are concerned, it's a "Red Lined wrasse". Who knows what the true scientific name of this fish actually is. Probably not the LFS and maybe not even the supplier/distributor where it came from. I googled "Red Lined Wrasse" and found a picture of one just like Coralgurls. There's not a lot of information on it but then that's the nature of the hobby. Often times things come in with very little information, whether it be a fish or a coral.

Personally, I find this kind of a challenge part of the fun of the hobby. Sometimes a species will come in and you may not know a lot about it even after asking the LFS AND The Google. If you like the fish/coral/invert for whatever reason, and you understand that you are undertaking a degree of risk, then why not make that decision to bring it home? I've been at this a while now and I've done this countless times.