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In terminal phase, the mature male has a dark-green to black body coloration with four white stripes, which are getting finer to the top part of the body and which later may even fade in older specimen. The head is identical to the female one but patterns have a more intense coloration with a
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The barred thicklip wrasse likes mixed coral areas with rubble, sand and corals where it can easily draw its food and find shelter from the surface to 25 meters deep. Juveniles are more secretive and always keep hidden in corals or even in sea urchins.
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The barred thicklip wrasse is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, from the eastern coast of Africa,
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330:Description
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127:Labriformes
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