Slender Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853)
Other Names: Celebes Maori Wrasse, Celebes Maoriwrasse, Celebes Maori-wrasse, Celebes Wrasse, Eared Maori Wrasse, Slender Maori
A Slender Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus celebicus, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
Males are mottled reddish to brownish with pale flecks on the body scales, orange lines radiating from the eye, a small blue spot on the front of the dorsal fin, and a dark blotch on the caudal peduncle.
Females are overall brownish to reddish, densely mottled with pale red and dark brown blotches, often squarish blotches interspersed with pale bars along the midside forming a broad band that darkens towards the rear, and a small white spot on the upper rear edge of the gill cover. Juveniles have a black ocellus on the caudal-fin base.
Slender Maori Wrasse have a long conical snout with a slightly concave head profile.
Females are overall brownish to reddish, densely mottled with pale red and dark brown blotches, often squarish blotches interspersed with pale bars along the midside forming a broad band that darkens towards the rear, and a small white spot on the upper rear edge of the gill cover. Juveniles have a black ocellus on the caudal-fin base.
Slender Maori Wrasse have a long conical snout with a slightly concave head profile.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Oxycheilinus celebicus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/262
Slender Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853)
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Distribution |
Offshore reefs of north Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical east-Indo-west Pacific: Andaman Sea to Marshall Islands, north to Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Inhabits sheltered bays and lagoon reefs, usually in coral-rich areas. |
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Features |
Long snout, red lines radiating from eye, mottled red-brown body, dark lateral stripe broken into rectangles that are separated by white streaks near tail, dorsal and anal fins with fine dark flecks. |
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Biology |
Protogynous hermaphrodites - changing sex from female to male during their life cycle. |
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Etymology |
The species is named for Celebes (= Sulawesi), Indonesia. |
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Species Citation |
Cheilinus celebicus Bleeker 1853, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch Indië 5: 171. Type locality: Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Slender Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853)
References
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Bleeker, P. 1853. Vierde Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 5: 153-174 See ref at BHL
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