Northern Tubelip
Labropsis manabei
- Usual depth10–28 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–28 m · Deepest record: 40 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Northern Tubelip, Rust-blotch Wrasse, Tailblotch Tubelip
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Manabebera, マナベベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 倍良, 曼氏擬隆鯛, 曼氏褶唇魚, 柳冷仔
Similar species
Blue GroperAchoerodus gouldii
Blue GroperAchoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 55 open-data records from 1969 to 2017.
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