Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 90 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, coral reefs
The barred thicklip is recognised by the broad dark bars on its body and its fleshy lips. It rummages through sandy bottoms for small invertebrates. It is shy and solitary.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called poʻou.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Labre à lèvres épaisses.
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