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Yellowback tubelip
Labropsis xanthonota
Name as used by FishBase. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (checked October 2026) now uses Diproctacanthus xanthonotus. Kept the FishBase name so records match the FishBase checklist.
- English
- Yellowback tubelip
- Scientific
- Labropsis xanthonota
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 55 m (usually 7 to 55 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small tubelip wrasse; juveniles are black with white pinstripes and adults develop gold-centred scales and a white wedge on the tail. It reaches about 13 cm and feeds on coral polyps; juveniles also clean other fish.
In the Maldives
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes now places this species in the genus Diproctacanthus.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Labropsis-xanthonota.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/208067616
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.