Flagfin Wrasse

Scientific Name: Pteragogus flagellifer
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: TP/IP - Shades of green to yellow-orange with grayish scale spots; yellow-green lips and purplish markings on cheek; deep body. TP - First two dorsal spines with long filaments.
Favourite: Solitary and cryptic.
Hide-out: Among branches of soft coral or weedy areas in 2-30m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Africa to Papua New Guinea. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.