Eightstripe Wrasse

Scientific Name: Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 13.5cm
Identification: TP - Pale to dark red to orange with light to dark purple stripes, sometimes with yellow stripes between.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral or rubble patches on seaward reefs in 2-50m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Hawaii and Ducie I. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

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