Celebes Maori-wrasse
Oxycheilinus celebicus
- Usual depth2–21 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 10 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 21 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 36 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–21 m · Deepest record: 70 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Celebes Maori-wrasse, Celebes Maori Wrasse, Celebes Wrasse, Eared Maori Wrasse, Slender Maori, Slender Maori Wrasse
Names in 3 more languages
- Filipino
- Mameng
- Japanese
- Hananaga-mochino-uo, Hananagamochinouo, ハナナガモチノウオ, モチノウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 汕散仔, 西里伯斯唇魚, 西里伯斯鸚鯛, 西里伯斯龍, 闊嘴郎
Other scientific names: Cheilinus celebicus, Cheilinus oxyrhynchus
Similar species
- Ringtail maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
Twospot wrasseOxycheilinus bimaculatus
bandcheek wrasseOxycheilinus digramma
Oriental maori wrasseOxycheilinus orientalis
- Speckled maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus arenatus
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).
- 288 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.
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