Fivestripe Wrasse

Scientific Name: Thalassoma quinquevittatum
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Identification: TP - Purple head with green bands, green upper body, yellow below; pair of purple wavy-edged stripes on upper body, purple tail borders.
Favourite: Form aggregations.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs to 18m, often in surge channels less than 5m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S. japan to Australia and Lord Howe I.