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Cutribbon Wrasse

Stethojulis interrupta

Also known as: Brokenline Wrasse, Fullribbon Wrasse, Oneline Rainbowfish, Rainbowfish, Sand-reef Wrasse, Spot-bellied Rainbowfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@fishx6 · Blowholes, Carnarvon, WA, Australia · February 20141 / 6

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Overview

Juveniles are pinkish-grey above and white below, the two colours divided by a thick black line running from the mouth through the eye to the tail. As they grow this line fades and breaks into a flecked line of blue and black.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 2
  • Country only · 4
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 6

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Discussion

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusStethojulis
    7. speciesStethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851)

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