Sharpnose Wrasse

Scientific Name: Wetmorella nigropinnata
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Red to brownish; yellow bar behind eye and another across tail base, white-edged black spot on ventral, rear dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Recesses, caves and crevices of lagoon and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Marquesas Is. and Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Slingjaw Wrasse

Scientific Name: Epibulus insidiator
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: TP - Deep body; white head and dark body with orange back from head to mid-body; diffuse yellow mid-body bar, black outline around scales, black streak through eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons and outer or seaward reefs to 42m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

Yellowtail Wrasse

Scientific Name: Anampses meleagrides
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 22cm
Identification: TP - Reddish to greenish brown with vertical blue streak on each scale; bluish crescent followed by white margin on tail.
Favourite: Usually solitary or form small groups with females.
Hide-out: Coral, rubble and sand of seaward reefs in 4-60m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.