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Created 8/7/2019

Family Labridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Cheilinus trilobatus



Female, Palau, 15 feet

 

TRIPLETAIL WRASSE

Occasional on mixed reef at any depth.  Dark green or brown with pink lines on head and two white bars at caudal peduncle.  Males have a rounded forehead.  Attains 16 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa and French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.