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Labridae
snooty wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Seventeen Centimeters Wrasse from African Waters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Mediumsnooty wrasse is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Cheilinus
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marquesan and Society islands, north to Taiwan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and the Austral Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
