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Oxycheilinus samurai Fukui, Muto & Motomura, 2016 Black-tip Maori-wrasse |
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photo by
Motomura, H. |
| Family: | Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Cheilininae | |||
| Max. size: | 9.91 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 10 - 38 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 12; gill rakers 4 + 7-8, including rudiments; snout profile rounded, maximum circumference 49.8-63.5 % of SL; interorbital width 7.7-9.2 % of SL; caudal-peduncle depth 13.8-15.3 % of SL. Body colouration: with a blackish blotch below anterior portion of lateral-line anterior series; a large deep green smudge anterodorsally on body from nape to middle of dorsal-fin base in living or fresh adults; a dark-green blotch on basal membrane between first and second dorsal-fin spines; posterior margin of caudal fin is white, with a black or dark red area just before white posterior margin on caudal fin; poorly defined blackish blotches on the inner posterior surface of opercle in preserved specimens (Ref. 116606). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||