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Description
- 📏 up to 35 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reef slopes
The slingjaw wrasse can shoot its mouth forward like a tube to swallow small fish or shrimps. The male is yellow, the females brown.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called papae utu roa, a reference to its elongated mouth.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Labre long museau.
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