Ornate Wrasse

Scientific Name: Halichoeres ornatissimus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: TP/IP - Greenish with lattice of inter-linked rose stripes and bars; irregular rose and green bands on head; small dark spot behind eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 10-40m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia, Palau and Mariana Is. in Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.