Slingjaw Wrasse

Scientific Name: Epibulus insidiator
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: TP - Deep body; white head and dark body with orange back from head to mid-body; diffuse yellow mid-body bar, black outline around scales, black streak through eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and outer or seaward reefs to 42m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.