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Celebes wrasse (Oxycheilinus celebicus)
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Celebes wrasse (Oxycheilinus celebicus) specimen
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Labridae

Celebes wrasse

Oxycheilinus celebicus

Associated with mushroom coral

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Celebes wrasse is known from Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
24 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Pacific: Moluccas to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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