Yellowband Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: TP - Variable with maroon to red head and upper body, red to violet belly; broad pale red to yellow stripe from pectoral fin to tail base, black wedge-shaped mark below pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Form aggregations.
Hide-out: Rubble around lagoon patch reefs in 7-30m.
Location: Localized - E. Caroline and Marshall Is. in Micronesia (rare at Johnston Atoll).

Lyretail Hogfish

Scientific Name: Bodianus anthioides
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Identification: Brown head and forebody, white rear body; scattered brown spots on white areas; deeply forked tail.
Favourite: Solitary; feed on benthic invertebrates.
Hide-out: Steep outer slopes, often adjacent to dropoffs in 6-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

Yellowback Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: TP - Orange to yellow upper head, back and dorsal fin, purplish white below; row of maroon to purple spots on back and another on middle of tail base with white stripe between.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Rubble bottoms next to seaward coral reefs in 4-45m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines.