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Threespot Wrasse

Halichoeres trimaculatus

Bislamasop · glisfis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Threespot Wrasse — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Susan Prior · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
27 cm
Depth
2-18 m
Family
Labridae

Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Threespot Wrasse
This oneThreespot Wrasse
Zigzag Wrasse
Look-alikeZigzag Wrasse

Females and young of both are greenish to yellowish above and white below. Zigzag Wrasse has a black zigzag stripe from the eye to the top of the tail base, continuing forward as a yellow stripe to the snout. Threespot Wrasse has no zigzag: look for a black spot at the top of the pectoral fin base and another, about the size of the eye, on top of the tail base.

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