Yellowtail tubelip

description

Common Name: Yellowtail Tubelip Observation Site: The species was observed and photographed on the rocky reefs of Vizhinjam (8 ° 22 ′ 32 ″ N to 76 ° 59 ′ 28 ″ E and 8 ° 22 ′ 36 ″ N to 76 ° 59 ′ 32 ″ E) at a depth of 2 m on May 14, 2015.

New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India

diagnosis

Diagnosis: The species can be identified by three broad, horizontally running lines with a centrally placed yellow shaded line that begins from the tip of the snout and passing through the eye and reaching to the base of the caudal peduncle. The central line is yellow, while the upper dorsal and ventral sides are greyish white.

New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India

discussion

Remarks: Previously recorded in the studies by Baiju et al., (2016), Baiju et al., (2019).

New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India

distribution

Distribution: The species with extensive distribution pattern along the Western Central Pacific, along with regional reports from Philippines, Palau, Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India