Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 is a animal in the Labridae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 is a reef fish with a distinct tri-lobed tail and patterned body, found in shallow Indo-Pacific lagoons and reefs.
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 has a moderately deep body and a tri-lobed tail. Its body ranges in color from green to brown, with mottled purple and red markings, and has 4 vertical dark stripes. Its head bears red spots, and red lines radiate out from its eye. This species lives in lagoons and seaward reefs, found at depths between 1 and 30 metres (3 ft 3 in to 98 ft 5 in).
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Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775)
Notolabrus inscriptus (Richardson, 1848)
Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Oxyjulis californica (Günther, 1861)
Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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