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The Tripletail Maori Wrasse or simply Tripletail Wrasse range from East Africa to the Tuamoto and Austral islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia.
The inhabit lagoons and reefs and are relatively common along shallow reefs with good cover. They are not schooling fish and feed mainly on invertebrates and crustaceans. Some times found in pet stores for home aquariums.