Redspot Wrasse

Scientific Name: Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: TP - Shades of green with white belly; black spots and blotches on green areas, black borders on tail.
Favourite: Form aggregations above bottom.
Hide-out: Edge of reef slopes in 5-30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa to Australia and Samoa. S. Japan to Kermadec Is.

Rust-Banded Wrasse

Scientific Name: Pseudocoris aurantiofasciatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: TP - Dark blue-gray; several narrow black bars just behind pectoral fin (may have orange bars between), narrow white bar across rear body.
Favourite: Form groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef slopes in 25-50m.
Location: Pacific - S. Japan and Indonesia to Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia.

Yellowtail Coris

Scientific Name: Coris gaimard
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 38cm
Identification: TP - Variable from shades of blue to green and red with yellow tail; bright yellow to green mid-body bar, brilliant blue spots rear body and tail base.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sand and rubble bottoms adjacent to coral reefs in 3-50m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Indonesia to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe I.