Speckled maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus arenatus
- Usual depth9–82 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–82 m · Deepest record: 82 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Speckled maori wrasse, Arenatus Wrasse, speckled maori wrasse, Speckled Wrasse, Speckled maori wrasse, Thin-line Maori Wrasse
Names in 4 more languages
- Filipino
- Mameng
- French
- Labre moucheté
- Japanese
- Hiiromochinouo, ヒイロモチノウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 斑點尖唇魚, 斑點鸚鯛, 斑點龍, 汕散仔, 砂尖唇魚, 闊嘴郎
Other scientific names: Cheilinus arenatus, Cheilinus notophthalmus, Cheillio arenatus, Oxycheilinus notophthalmus
Similar species
- Ringtail maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
Twospot wrasseOxycheilinus bimaculatus
bandcheek wrasseOxycheilinus digramma
Oriental maori wrasseOxycheilinus orientalis
- Celebes Maori-wrasse
Oxycheilinus celebicus
Blue GroperAchoerodus gouldii
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).
- 58 open-data records from 1973 to 2017.
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