Scientific Name
Wetmorella nigropinnata
Common Name
Sharpnose wrasse
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 9;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-11;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 8;
Vertebrae: 23. Fresh specimens grayish brown to reddish brown, sometimes with dark narrow edges on scales on mid side of body. Light yellow bar on head behind and adjacent to eye; another on caudal peduncle; iris red and yellow. Juveniles (up to about 3.8 cm SL) have 2 broad pale bars on body. Spinous portions of dorsal and anal fins deeply incised. One predorsal bone.