[Image]Scientific Name: Oxycheilinus orientalis Family: Wrasses - Labridae Maximum Size: 17cm Identification: Slender body; salmon to brown; several pale, somewhat indistinct, ragged body bars. Favourite: Solitary or form small groups. Hide-out: Sand, rubble and areas of dense algae in lagoons and around reefs in 18-70m. Location: West Pacific - Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia to Samoa. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia.
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