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Updated 12/18/2015

Family Labridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pseudocheilinus octotaenia

Juvenile, Kea'au, Oahu, 50 feet	Palea Point, Oahu, 30 feet
Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 40 feet

EIGHTLINED WRASSE

Locally common on clear coral reefs at scuba depths.  A somewhat shy species which feeds upon small invertebrates.  Attains 5 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.