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Oxycheilinus samurai Fukui, Muto & Motomura, 2016

Black-tip Maori-wrasse
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Common names: Black-tip Maori-wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Four specimens purchased at Iloilo Central market, Panay I. (Ref. 116606).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fukui, Y., N. Muto and H. Motomura, 2017
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sakayaki-hohosuji-mochinouo, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Cheilininae
Etymology: Oxycheilinus: Greek, oxys = sharp + Greek, cheilos = lip;  samurai: Name samurai means Japanese warrior; referring to the reddish head and greenish nape of the species which is reminiscent of the reddish face and bluish shaved area on either side of the topknot in Japanese samurai; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 38 m (Ref. 116606).   Tropical

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