Micronesian Tubelip

Scientific Name: Labropsis micromesica
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: TP - Orange-brown with dark scale margins, gray to blue-gray head with white lips, black tail with white margin.
Favourite: Solitary; occasionally act as cleaners.
Hide-out: Clear lagoon or seaward reefs in 7-33m.
Location: Palau and Marshall Is. in Micronesia.

Allen's Tubelip

Scientific Name: Labropsis alleni
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: TP - Slender; brown head, yellow green mid-body, white rear and tail; large ocellated spot at pectoral base, small black spot on front of dorsal fin and rear belly.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Steep slopes of lagoon and seaward reefs in 4-52m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to Solomon Is. and Marshall Is. in Micronesia.

Yellowtail Tubelip

Scientific Name: Diproctacanthus xanthurus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: TP/IP - White with yellow tail; dark brown stripe on back. black stripe from snout through eye to tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered reefs in 3-25m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea to Great Barrier Reef.