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The combfish has a long, white body with a prominent, wide, black stripe from its mouth across its eye along the body to the end of the tail. The lower margin of the stripe is wavy and comb-like, giving the fish its common name. The portion of the stripe on the tail fin turns yellow during the
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378:20 November
351:Coris picta
328:crustaceans
296:New Zealand
269:Coris picta
260:comb wrasse
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145:Labriformes
771:Categories
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334:References
316:dorsal fin
32:Zaniolepis
292:Australia
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410:FishBase
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