Yellowtail Wrasse

Scientific Name: Anampses meleagrides
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Identification: TP - Reddish to greenish brown with vertical blue streak on each scale; bluish crescent followed by white margin on tail.
Favourite: Usually solitary or form small groups with females.
Hide-out: Coral, rubble and sand of seaward reefs in 4-60m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.