Slender Wrasse

Scientific Name: Oxycheilinus orientalis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Identification: Slender body; salmon to brown; several pale, somewhat indistinct, ragged body bars.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand, rubble and areas of dense algae in lagoons and around reefs in 18-70m.
Location: West Pacific - Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia to Samoa. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.

Celebes Wrasse

Scientific Name: Oxycheilinus celebicus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 24cm
Identification: Variegated shades of brown with several dark blotches on rear body; pink to orange lines radiating from eye; elongate snout.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas on slopes of lagoon and seaward reefs in 3-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - S. Japan, Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia to Solomon Is.

Arenatus Wrasse

Scientific Name: Oxycheilinus arenatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 19cm
Identification: Salmon to brown; dark stripe from eye to tail, orange base of pectoral fin; may change to white below dark stripe.
Favourite: Solitary and cryptic.
Hide-out: Hide inside caves, recesses and protected areas of outer reefs and dropoffs in 25-46m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea to Samoa, north to Philippines and Micronesia.