Description

The Blue-Sided Wrasse is also known as the Blue Scaled Fairy Wrasse, or Yellow Flanked Fairy Wrasse. There is considerable variation in color depending on location, size, sex, and maturity of this fish. Blue-Sided Wrasse or Blue Scaled Fairy Wrasse normally have a bright yellow to orange patch just behind the pectoral fins. Please expect variations in coloration with these fish.

The Blue-Sided Wrasse or Blue Scaled Fairy Wrasse is an ideal reef aquarium fish. They are peaceful and very active. They get along with other Wrasse Fish of the genus Cirrhilabrus as long as they are added simultaneously. The Blue-Sided Wrasse or Blue Scaled Fairy Wrasse should be fed vitamin enriched frozen mysis shrimp, and other meaty foods as well as a high quality marine flake and marine pellet food.