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Christmas wrasses are 5 species as said above;Christmas, Solar Fairy, Pintail, Rhomboid, Choat’s are all beautiful & not aggressive.
Thalassoma trilobatum (Nasty, Big and yet so pretty)
Halichoeres ornatissimus (Pretty and moderately sized yet Hawaii was the main export so they’re not seen commonly anymore)
Thalassoma purpureum (Nasty, Big and so Pretty)
Halichoeres biocellatus (Small, Pretty and Peaceful)
Halichoeres cosmetus (Small, Pretty and moderately peaceful)
As you can see, there’s 2 genera which holds species called “Christmas Wrasses”.
Solar Fairy Wrasse, which do you mean? There’s 3.
Cirrhilabrus chalasai (Chalasai’s Fairy)
Cirrhilabrus solorensis (Solar Fairy)
Cirrhilabrus aquamarinus (Red Head Fairy)
These are most definitely not peaceful. I have a very boisterous Aquamarinus which is the most peaceful out of the 3. I wouldn’t keep these in a tank less than 4 foot due to how boisterous they are - he absolutely battered my Roseafascia.