Epibulus

Epibulus
Sling-jaw wrasse (E. insidiator)
Latent slingjaw wrasse (E. brevis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Cheilininae
Genus:	Epibulus G. Cuvier, 1815
Type species
Sparus insidiator Pallas, 1770

Epibulus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.¹

The currently recognized species in this genus are:¹

• Epibulus brevis Carlson, J. E. Randall & M. N. Dawson, 2008 (latent sling-jaw wrasse)
• Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770) (sling-jaw wrasse)