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African pencil wrasse (Pseudojuloides polackorum)
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African pencil wrasse (Pseudojuloides polackorum) specimen
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Labridae

African pencil wrasse

Pseudojuloides polackorum

Twelve Point Three Centimeters Wrasse of the South African Coast

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

African pencil wrasse is known from Southwestern Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
12.3 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Southwestern Indian Ocean: from continental African coast from at least Sodwana Bay in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa to the Kenyan coastline; photos taken from northern Madagascar.

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