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Slippery Dick

Halichoeres bivittatus

Also known as: Sand-reef Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Bonaire - Andrea 1, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 12

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles are usually white, with a dark stripe along the middle of the body, a fainter one below it, and a small green and yellow spot above the pectoral fin. Many also have a small black spot or a large blue dot midway along the dorsal fin.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
brown stripes
Fins & Tail
pink fins
Behaviour
pairsschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 12
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 12

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Discussion 1

Other stages have their own discussion: 2 comments on the adult.

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1 comment

  • juvenille Slippery Dick Fish· 21 Jan 2013

    I have caught three of these in the last month fishing from the seawall. at my home in North Palm Beach, FLorida

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
  5. familyLabridae
  6. genusHalichoeres
  7. speciesHalichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)

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