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Checkerboard Wrasse

Halichoeres hortulanus

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

Bluish white body with blue bar on each scale, yellow tail; green and mauve or pink bars on head, 2-3 yellow saddle spots on back, black patch under front dorsal fin.

This specimen is of Juvenile phase.

Habitat:

Sandy patches and coral rubbles of coral reefs

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PublishedMay 23, 2014

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