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Bluestreak cleaner wrasse. The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Like other cleaner wrasses, it eats parasites and dead tissue off larger fishes ' skin in a mutualistic relationship that provides food and ...
See text. The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] They are typically small, most of them less than 20 cm (7.9 in) long, although the largest, the humphead wrasse, can ...
Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa individuals have ornate colors: the anterior body is magenta, the central region is dark purple, and the posterior body is an orange-pink color. Fins are a mix of purple and blue hues. The lateral line is interrupted and is composed of 22-26 porous scales.
Notolabrus fucicola is the largest wrasse species occurring in New Zealand’s waters. Its It grows to a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) in Australian waters but can be slightly larger around New Zealand, [3] where they can reach lengths of 60 centimetres (24 in) and weights of up to 5 kilograms (11 lb). [4] This species has quite a deep body ...
The humphead wrasse is the largest extant member of the family Labridae. Males, typically larger than females, are capable of reaching up to 2 meters and weighing up to 180 kg, but the average length is a little less than 1 meter. Females rarely grow larger than one meter. This species can be easily identified by its large size, thick lips, two ...
Christmas wrasse. The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits shallow reefs at depths from the surface to 10 m (33 ft).
Thalassoma amblycephalum. Thalassoma amblycephalum, the blunt-headed wrasse, blue-headed wrasse, blue-headed zoe, moon wrasse, paddle-fin wrasse or two-tone wrasse, [3] is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a reef inhabitant, being found in schools at depths from 1 to 15 m (3.3 to 49.2 ft).
Neanis Gistel, 1848. Paracoris Kuiter, 2010. Tiricoris Whitley, 1955. Coris is a genus of wrasses, collectively known as the rainbow wrasses, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.