Twospot wrasse
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The twospot wrasse matures as a female and later changes into a male.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Twospot wrasse
- Scientific name
- Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
- Japanese name
- タコベラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Oxycheilinus
Where the name “Twospot wrasse” comes from
Its Japanese name is said to come from its tail resembling an octopus with outstretched arms.
東京動物園協会Males, females and young fish differ in color, and colors also vary from fish to fish.
It lives from the Izu Islands to the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, and Hawaii.
How the Twospot wrasse lives
It is commonly found on seabeds covered in rubble and algae. It is usually seen alone rather than in a school.
Australian Museum宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- Indo-West Pacific, Micronesia, Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, and elsewhere
Where the Twospot wrasse has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- タコベラ
- 简体中文
- 双斑唇鱼
- 繁體中文
- 雙斑尖唇魚
- 한국어
- 두점긴주둥이놀래기
- Français
- Labre à queue de comète
- Português (Brasil)
- Bodião-de-pintas-duplas
- Русский
- Двухпятнистый хейлин
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — タコベラChecked: 2026-11-04
- 東京動物園協会 — タコベラ登場！ 名に“タコ”とつきますが魚ですChecked: 2026-11-07
- Australian Museum — Little Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840)Checked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — タコベラChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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