Barred Thicklip

Scientific Name: Hemigymnus fasciatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 50cm
Identification: TP/IP - Black body with 5 narrow white bars; green head with pink bands; thick lips.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Mixed sand, rubble and coral areas of lagoons, passes and outer slopes to 25m, more common on sheltered reefs.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and Ducie I. east of French Polynesia. S. Japan to S.E. Australia.

Pennant Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus joanallenae
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: TP - Red upper head and body darkening toward rear, white below, blue tail; elongate 1st dorsal spine, large black ventral fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Rubble bottoms in 12-25m.
Location: Localized - N. Sumatra in Indonesia.

Peacock Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus temminckii
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: IP - Shades of brown to red, whitish belly; two narrow blue to green body stripes, red dorsal and anal fins with blackish bases, blue spots on tail.
Favourite: Form groups with a few males.
Hide-out: Rubble of seaward reefs in 6-20m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia to Papua New Guinea. S. Japan to W. Australia.