Slippery Dick Wrasse

 
Slippery Dick Wrasse
Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch)
 about 6 inches. Photo by Rod 29 March 04 in about 35 feet water.
(sldick36c.jpg) Location was North-North, Key Largo.

Most common wrasse in the Caribbean area; Small green and yellow bicolored spot above pectoral fin; Darkish to black midbody stripe; a second, lower stripe is less distinct (often absent in juvenile phase); Terminal phase=dark triangular corners on tail;

 
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Audubon Field Guide; page 565; plate 290;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed.; page 222-223; plates 222-223;
Exotic TFH; 388.07, 388.08
Size: 5 1/2 - 7 inches; max 9 inches
Depth: 6-40 feet  


 Rod Bigelow
P.O. Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 

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