Choerodon cephalotes

angļuBody scales edged with blue giving sides uneven banded appearance. No small prominent black spot on side. A horizontally elongate dusky blotch present below centre of fin in some specimens. Head with many small orange spots on cheek, forehead crossed by 4 or 5 sets of alternating blue and orange stripes. Second prominent anterior canine in lower jaw distinctly smaller than first in adults, directed dorsolaterally and curved slightly posteriorly. 1 to 3 scales on subopercle. (Ref 9823)

• Choerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885
• Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
• Choerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893
• Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875