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The six-line wrasse is very small species of wrasse which attains a maximum total length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). [ 2] It is violet in colour and is marked with six orange stripes along the flanks. There is also a small eyespot on the dorsal part of the base of the caudal fin, a blue stripe along the base of the anal fin, and a blue streak ...
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 ...
Thalassoma schwanenfeldii (Bleeker, 1853) The sixbar wrasse or six-banded wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) is a species of wrasse in the family Labridae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reef environments at depths from the surface down to 15 m (50 ft). This species can grow to 20 cm (8 in) in total ...
For a limited time, get the Six Line Wrasse in FishVille. The beautiful specimen hails from the Indo-Pacific waters (the area in between the Indian and Pacific Oceans). It normally grows to a size ...
Description. The slippery dick wrasse is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 35 cm (14 in). [2] It has a thin, elongate body with a terminal mouth, and its body coloration has three phases during its life: The terminal phase is when the fish becomes a male, so the body coloration turns to green with two longitudinal dark stripes.
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.
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 ...
Pictilabrus laticlavius, the patrician wrasse, the senator wrasse, the green parrotfish or the purplebanded wrasse is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the south western Pacific Oceans off the temperate coasts of southern Australia.