Wakatobi, Indonesia
Terminal Phase
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Initial Phase
Pinstriped Wrasse
Halichoeres melanurus
Pinstriped Wrasse
Also known as: Tail-Spot Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Halichoeres melanurus
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)
Depth: 6-50 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Halichoeres (Genus)
└H. melanurus (Species)
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