Checkerboard Wrasse

Scientific Name: Halichoeres hortulanus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 27cm
Identification: TP - Green with blue bar on each scale; mauve or orange bands on head, pale green area behind head, yellow spot below front of dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sand patches of lagoons and seaward reefs to 35m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S. Japan to S.E. Australia.