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yellowback tubelip (Labropsis xanthonota)
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Labridae

yellowback tubelip

Labropsis xanthonota

Juveniles clean adults eat corals

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

yellowback tubelip is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 13 cm.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
13 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to American Samoa, north to Izu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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