Labridae

Knife razorfish

Cymolutes praetextatus

Twenty Centimeters Wrasse of the Pacific Ocean

• Purple
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Cymolutes praetextatus, the knife razorfish or knife wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific where it occurs over reef flats and in shallow lagoons.