Slender Wrasse

Scientific Name: Oxycheilinus orientalis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Identification: Slender body; salmon to brown; several pale, somewhat indistinct, ragged body bars.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand, rubble and areas of dense algae in lagoons and around reefs in 18-70m.
Location: West Pacific - Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia to Samoa. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.