Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Wedge-Tailed Wrasse - Juvenile
Labropsis xanthonota
Wedge-Tailed Wrasse
Also known as: Yellowback Tubelip
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Labropsis xanthonota
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 20-150 ft. (6-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Eupercaria (Order)
      └Labridae (Family)
       └Julidinae (Subfamily)
        └Labropsis (Genus)
         └L. xanthonota (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219016🔗
iNaturalist ID: 103910🔗

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