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Cheek-lined Wrasse

Oxycheilinus digramma

Also known as: Bandcheek Wrasse, Cheekline Maori Wrasse, Cheekline Wrasse, Cheek-lined Maori, Cheek-lined Maori Wrasse, Cheek-lined Splendour Wrasse, Line-cheeked Wrasse, Lined-cheek Wrasse, Lined-cheeked Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Scribbled Wrasse, Thicklip Wrasse, Violetline Maori Wrasse, Violet-lined Maori Wrasse, Violet-lined Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · January 20181 / 9

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

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Overview

Juveniles have a broad orange to brownish stripe along the middle of the side, with two small dark spots towards its rear. They have been seen living among the tentacles of the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Fins & Tail
yellow tail

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 7
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Juvenile photos 9

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusOxycheilinus
    7. speciesOxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801)

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)