Indo-Pacific Reefs

Slingjaw Wrasse

Epibulus insidiator

Fiji

Terminal Phase

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Initial Phase

Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Initial Phase

Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Terminal Phase

Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Initial Phase

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Terminal Phase

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Intermediate Phase

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Terminal Phase

Slingjaw Wrasse

Category: Wrasses

Scientific Name: Epibulus insidiator

Size: Up to 14 in. (35 cm)

Depth: 10-140 ft. (3-43 m)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia

└Teleostei (Class) Teleosts

└Eupercaria (Order)

└Labridae (Family) Wrasses

└Cheilininae (Subfamily)

└Epibulus (Genus)

└E. insidiator (Species)