Choerodon oligacanthus

(Bleeker, 1851)

Vernacular names
English : White-patch tuskfish
French : Labre à miroir blanc

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Eupercaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Labridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Fairly slim body with humped forehead. Orange body with blue-grey longitudinal stripes. Bright yellow to white oval spot on back, above lateral line. Orange and blue lines from eye to mouth.

Range and habitat
West-central Pacific, from Singapore and Borneo to Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia. Found around shallow inshore to deep coral reefs.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is caught in large numbers for food, more rarely for the trade. Its occurrence in deeper water may help preventing further declines but monitoring is needed.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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