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jayb12
April 24th, 2010, 02:43 PM
can anyone identify what sub location this green bird wrasse is from? he looks much different then the standard green colour

http://www.blogcdn.com/blog.games.com/media/2010/02/600px-birdwrasse.jpg
ajx22
April 25th, 2010, 02:31 AM
Most likely just the camera not properly representing the true colors
(considering that it's an old photo - taken with an old Point-&-Shoot camera that used a CMOS that couldn't process actinic (420nm) lighting accurately. Surprisingly; many cameras had this issue.)

Contact the photo owner and ask:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird_Wrasse.jpg
jayb12
April 25th, 2010, 03:03 PM
interesting notes, thank you i will contact him
jayb12
April 26th, 2010, 07:31 AM
the owner of the photo says it was taken in hawai!
ajx22
April 26th, 2010, 08:30 AM
the owner of the photo says it was taken in hawai!
Kewl!

Not surprising as their native home range extends from Hawaii southward to central Polynesia and westward to Micronesia, Melanesia and southern Japan, through the East Indies, and across the Indian Ocean to the coast of Africa and the Red Sea.

Another image of the Hawai'ian male with very similar coloration to the image you linked to:
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/wrassehogfishprofiles/p/birdwrasse.htm