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Slippery Dick

Halichoeres bivittatus

Classification

Family
Labridae

The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Description The slippery dick wrasse is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 35 cm (14 in). It has a thin, elongate body with a terminal mouth, and its body coloration has three phases during its life: The juvenile phase.

Distribution

Jeffrey T. Williams · CC0
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 12,652Mexico · 453France · 319Netherlands · 280United Kingdom · 274Cuba · 87Brazil · 4