Paracheilinus nursalim is one of the new species of flasher wrasses from New Guinea which is still completely unknown in the aquarium world. Only described in 2008, bothParacheilinus nursalimwas discovered on the biological expedition to the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Western New Guinea, not to be confused with the eastern Papua New Guinea where we previously were getting some cool clownfish and damselfish. Although theParacheilinuswere described back in 2008, the new flasher wrasse species are absent of most widely available aquarium books, except for the epicLabrid Fishes wrasse bookby Rudie Kuiter which is still a rare and expensive book
Paracheilinus nursalimpictured above is one of the most spectacular species of flasher wrasses, on par withParacheilinus attenuatusfrom Africa, and distinct in having a more yellow orange body coloration compared to the red orange bodies of most otherParacheilinus物种。没有doubt that the photo above is a spectacular shot ofParacheilinus nursalim, we’d love to see what its daytime appearance is like without all the flashyness.
[viaWild Singapore]
