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Slingjaw Wrasse

Epibulus insidiator

Also known as: Long-jawed Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Slingjaw, Telescopefish, Thicklip Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Mirihi, Maldives · August 20071 / 4

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Overview

Juveniles are brown with thin white bars on the flanks and white lines radiating from the eye, and small ones closely resemble a Wetmorella. Yellow blotches and a pale tail appear on intermediate fish as they grow.

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How to identify

Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 4
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Juvenile photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusEpibulus
    7. speciesEpibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770)

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)