Violetline Maori Wrasse (species: Oxycheilinus digramma) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Oxycheilinus digramma
Violetline Maori Wrasse


©Andy Lewis: Violetline Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus digramma

©Kendall Clements: One of many colour forms of Oxycheilinus digramma. Photo from Day Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Oxycheilinus digramma at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Oxycheilinus
Species Oxycheilinus digramma

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                                       

Distinguishing features

Colour and colour pattern are very variable. Diagonal lines on lower gill cover (a feature shared with Oxycheilinus orientalis).

Size

  • Up to 40 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Caley, M.J. and D. Schluter (2003). Predators favour mimicry in a tropical reef fish, Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B, 270: 667-672. LIRS catalog number 813.
  • Caley, M.J. and J. St John (1996). Refuge availability structures assemblages of tropical reef fishes, Journal of Animal Ecology, 65: 414-428. LIRS catalog number 458.
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