Oxycheilinus bimaculatus

Labridae
Little Maori, Comettailed Wrasse, Little Maori Wrasse, Ragged-tail Wrasse, Two-spot Maori Wrasse
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Montague Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Montague Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Reddish body, broken stripes along side, broken dark stripe along mid-side, often with black spot or blotch in middle, red blotches towards rear of body along midline and ocellus at front of dorsal fin. Secretive and difficult to approach, retracting fins and swimming away.
Information
  • Max Size: 15 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 16.2-29.9°C
  • Depth: 2-110 m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Seagrass
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (1% of sites)
    Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
  • Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
    Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields
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