Cigar Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cheilio inermis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: TP - Elongate; shades of green with several white spots along back.
Favourite: Solitary or with several females; often shadowed bu other fish predators.
Hide-out: Usually in weedy areas or seagrass beds of lagoons, reef flats and coastal reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Hawaii and Easter I. in southeastern Pacific. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.