Redtailed Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus scottorum
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: TP - Shades of green with pale yellow to reddish underside; red to reddish tail, red to yellow dorsal fin and dark blue anal fin; black speckles on upper forebody.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coral or rubble of outer slopes in 3-40m.
Location: South Pacific - Coral Sea to Society and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia and east to Pitcaim Is.

Redback Ring Wrasse

Scientific Name: Hologymnosus rhodonotus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 32cm
Identification: IP - Elongate; white with 3-4 red stripes becoming yellow towards tail, white belly; dark 'ear' spot.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Mixed rubble, coral and Halimeda algae in 15-40m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Hibernia Reef, Timor Sea in Indonesia, Philippines to S.W. Japan.

Redfin Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: TP - Brownish red with pale red to white belly, brilliant scarlet dorsal, anal and ventral fins.
Favourite: Form groups.
Hide-out: Rubble and coral areas at base of coastal reef slopes in 20-40m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Kalimantan (Borneo) and N. Sulawesi in Indonesia and Philippines.