Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Axillary wrasse
Comments: Adults are found mainly in eel-grass beds.  Often in pairs.  Males nest-makers.  Feed mainly on mollusks, gastropods, bivalves, tubicolous worms, chitons, sea urchins and bryozoans (Ref. 4742).  Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).