Wedge-Tailed Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labropsis xanthonota
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: TP - Bluish gray to brown with yellow spot on each scale; blue markings on head, yellow edge on gill cover, white triangular marking centered on tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of clear lagoons to seaward reefs in 7-55m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

Southern Tubelip

Scientific Name: Labropsis australis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10.5cm
Identification: Dark gray head and tail. golden-brown to orange body; pale fleshy lips, black spot on pectoral fin base.
Favourite: Solitary or occasionally in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of lagoons, outer reefs and passes in 2-55m.
Location: West Pacific - Great Barrier Reef and Solomon Is. to Fiji and Samoa.

Northern Tubelip

Scientific Name: Labropsis manabei
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: TP - Dark gray head, brown body, blue lips; large yellow patch at base of blue tail. black spot on pectoral fin base.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas in 15-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Hibernia Reef in Timor Sea, E. Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, north to S.W. Japan.