Black-Eared Wrasse

Scientific Name: Halichoeres melasmapomus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: TP - Lavender body and red tail, green head with blue-edged orange bands; large blue-edged black spot behind eye, smaller spot on upper tail base.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Steep outer reefs slopes in 10-56m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Cocos-Keeling to N.W. Australia, Philippines, S. Japan, Micronesia and French Polynesia.