The Fish Department - Fieldwork
Solomon Islands, 1998
This 3cm long juvenile Biocellate Wrasse Halichoeres biocellatus has two distinctive ocelli (ringed spots) in the dorsal fin, hence the species name. It was collected in the Reef Island Group, Solomon Islands.
As is the case with many species of wrasses, the juvenile Biocellate Wrasse has a different colour pattern from that of the adults. The mature female retains the ocelli and has stripes anteriorly which break up into spots posteriorly. The mature male loses the ocelli, has three pale bars posteriorly and a U-shaped mark on the caudal peduncle (tail base).
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