[Image]Scientific Name: Bodianus loxozonus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Red to yellow upper head and back, pale below; numerous pale thin stripes run from head to tail, large diagonal black area across tail base; ventral fin and border of anal fin black.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reef slopes in 3-40m.
Location: Pacific - Vietnam to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.