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Description: Body relatively thin, narrow and long with a large eye and a terminal, small mouth. Pectoral fins medium, reach to vent. Pelvic fins very short. Dorsal and anal-fin bases long, caudal peduncle short and relatively wide. Melanophores limited to the fin-ray membranes, typically occurring in five groups: at the front, mid, and rear dorsal fin and the front and rear anal fin. Each melanophore group covers from one to five fin spines or rays. Transitional recruits have a mid-dorsal fin ocellus, a white-edged black spot on the upper base of the central caudal-fin rays and a patchy pattern of melanophores along the body with a mid-body bar extending from the dorsal ocellus down onto the anterior anal-fin rays.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8180356979_d532bc431b_o.jpg
2. (c) Sergio R. Floeter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.fishwisepro.com/pics/jpg/058770F000219W000005.jpg
3. (c) John E. Randall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/harad_u1.jpg
4. Michael Kesl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/46825.jpg
5. (c) CORALREEFFISH.COM, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.coralreeffish.com//larvae/labridae/zhalichoeresradiatus119.jpg
6. (c) www.coralreeffish.com by Benjamin Victor, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/28562225

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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• FishBase
• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

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