| Oxycheilinus bimaculatus | |
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| At Lembeh, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Oxycheilinus |
| Species: | O. bimaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxycheilinus bimaculatus Valenciennes, 1840 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, the two-spot wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific.
The species is known under a variety of common English names including two-spot wrasse, comettailed wrasse, doublespot wrasse, and little Maori wrasse. [3]
The two-spot wrasse reaches lengths of about 14 cm (5.5 in). Its body colouration varies from brown to yellow or green in spots or streaks. There is a small dark spot located behind each eye. [4]
The two-spot wrasse inhabits tropical and sub-tropical coastal waters in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawai'i, southern Japan, and Vanuatu, [4] at depths of 2–110 m (7–361 ft). [1] The species has a benthic or bentho-pelagic habitat and frequents the outer slopes of reefs as well as lagoons and seagrass beds. [4] It appears to be common in Hawai'ian and Japanese waters, but more rare off Africa and in French Polynesia. [1]
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