Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998

Other Names: Red Cigar-wrasse, Redback Longface Wrasse, Redback Ringwrasse

A juvenile Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus, at Komodo, Indonesia, February 2018. Source: craigjhowe / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Hologymnosus rhodonotus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2295

Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998

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Distribution	Recorded from Hibernia Reef in the Timor Sea. Small groups or individuals inhabit seaward reefs in areas of mixed sand, rubble, and coral, often in areas with Halimeda algae.
Biology	This is one of the many wrasse species that dives into the sand when threatened, and also sleeps there at night.
Species Citation	Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998, Rev. Fr. d'Aquariol. 15(1): 26, figs 1- 2. Type locality: Naha fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998

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