Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Wedge-Tailed Wrasse - Juvenile
Labropsis xanthonota
Wedge-Tailed Wrasse
Also known as: Yellowback Tubelip
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Labropsis xanthonota
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)
Depth: 20-150 ft. (6-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Labropsis (Genus)
└L. xanthonota (Species)
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