Fine brown lines run the length of a small fish that shelters among coral branches.
- Local names
- 'Upaparu
- Habitat
- Lagoon and reef
About this species
Seven or eight narrow brown lines cross a pale grey-violet to brownish body from the snout to the tail base. The fins are translucent. In juveniles, a dark spot at the tail base sits within a golden-yellow area; in adults, that region becomes dark.
Small groups hide among coral branches in calm, clear lagoon water and sheltered reefs. They eat little fish, worms and other invertebrates.
- Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles, Indo-Pacific Fish conference Tahiti 2017, P. Bachet, T. Zysman, Y. Lefèvre, Au vent des îles
- FishBase -Cheilodipterus artus
