Twospot wrasse

About this species

Oxycheilinus bimaculatus, the two-spot wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Oxycheilinus bimaculatus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 169 records
February: 112 records
March: 88 records
April: 204 records
May: 159 records
June: 159 records
July: 286 records
August: 613 records
September: 1,087 records
October: 757 records
November: 234 records
December: 122 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–27 m · Deepest record: 110 m

0–10 m: 832 records
10–20 m: 1,039 records
20–30 m: 900 records
30–40 m: 117 records
40–50 m: 20 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 4 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C

20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 48 records
24–26 °C: 565 records
26–28 °C: 37 records
28–30 °C: 42 records

Photos

(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Twospot wrasse, Comettailed Wrasse, Doublespot wrasse, Little Maori, Little Maori-wrasse, Little Maori Wrasse, ragged-tail wrasse, Two-spot Maori Wrasse, Twospot Maori Wrasse, twospot wrasse, Two-spot Wrasse, Twospot Wrasse, Two-spot wrasse

Names in 4 more languages

Filipino: Bankilan, Bunak, Bungat, Isdang bato, Mameng
French: Labre à deux taches, Labre à Queue de Comète, Madame Tombée
Japanese: Takobera, タコベラ
Simplified Chinese: 双斑尖唇鱼, 絲仔魚, 雙斑唇魚, 雙斑尖唇魚, 雙斑鸚鯛, 雙點龍

Other scientific names: Cheilinus bimaculatus, Cheillio bimaculatus

Similar species

Ringtail maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
bandcheek wrasse
Oxycheilinus digramma
Oriental maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus orientalis
Celebes Maori-wrasse
Oxycheilinus celebicus
Speckled maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus arenatus
Blue Groper
Achoerodus 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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,528 open-data records from 1908 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.