Image: False-eyed Wrassefrom the Solomon Islands
The 3 cm long juvenile False-eyed Wrasse, Halichoeres biocellatus, has two distinctive ocelli (ringed spots) in the dorsal fin, hence the species name. It was collected in the Reef Island Group, Solomon Islands in 1998.
As is the case with many species of wrasses, the juvenile False-eyed Wrasse has a different colour pattern from that of the adults. The mature female retains the ocelli and has stripes anteriorly which break up into spots posteriorly. The mature male loses the ocelli, has three pale bars posteriorly and a U-shaped mark on the caudal peduncle (tail base).
The species has also been called the Biocellate Wrasse.
- Photographer:
- Jeff Williams
- Rights:
- © Jeff Williams
- Common name:
- False-eyed Wrasse
- Scientific name:
- Halichoeres biocellatus
- Family:
- Labridae
- Order:
- Perciformes
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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, False-eyed Wrasse, Halichoeres biocellatus, Solomon Islands, 1998, Labridae,