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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The yellowtail tubelip (Yellowtail Tubelip wrasse or Diproctacanthus xanthurus), is a species of wrasse native to coral reefs of the western central Pacific Ocean near Palau, Indonesia, Great barrier reef, Philippines and New Guinea at depths from 3 to 25 m (9.8 to 82.0 ft). The juveniles act as cleaner fish, while the adults primarily prey on coral polyps. The D. xanthurus species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] Other common names for the yellowtail tubelip are cleaner wrasse, Wandering cleaner wrasse, yellowtail wrasse, lulukdayan etc.[3]
| Yellowtail tubelip | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Diproctacanthus Bleeker, 1862 |
| Species: | D. xanthurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diproctacanthus xanthurus | |
| Synonyms | |
The yellowtail tubelip has a clear white and dark brown striped body with a total of 9 dorsal fines, 9 to 10 Doral soft rays, 2 anal spines, 9-11 anal soft spines and 25 vertebrae.[4][5]
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