Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Chiseltooth Wrasse
Pseudodax moluccanus
Chiseltooth Wrasse
Category: Hogfishes
Scientific Name: Pseudodax moluccanus
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily) Hogfishes and Tuskfishes
       └Clepticini (Tribe) Hogfishes
        └Pseudodax (Genus)
         └P. moluccanus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219046🔗
iNaturalist ID: 111000🔗

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