Comettailed wrasse
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Oxycheilinus
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 9 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 4 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 10 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 34 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 31 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 25 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 29 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 33 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 76 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 69 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 66 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 13 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 61 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 13 records