Scientific Name
Clepticus parrae
Common Name
Creole wrasse
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 12 - 13. Moderately elongate, compressed fish with equally curved upper and lower profiles (Ref. 26938). Color primarily violet or purple; large individuals with a wash of yellow on lower two-thirds of body; prolonged portions of dorsal and anal fins and tips of pelvic fins blackish (Ref. 13442). Caudal fin emarginate in young, lunate in adults (Ref 52831).