cocktail wrasse

Pteragogus flagellifer

Twenty Centimeters Wrasse of the South African Coast

Pteragogus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pteragogus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa (Ref. 35918 ) and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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