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The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse , Napoleon wrasse , Napoleon fish , so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands .
[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 measure up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft). They are efficient carnivores, feeding on a wide range of small invertebrates .
The clown coris (Coris aygula), also known as the clown wrasse, false clownwrasse, humphead wrasse, hump-headed wrasse, red-blotched rainbowfish or twinspot wrasse, [3] is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a species of bony fish, the largest species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It has a prominent hump on top of its head. It is believed the hump is a signal to females how genetically healthy a male is in a similar to a lion's mane or a buck's antlers.
The Asian Sheepshead Wrasse has a truncate-shaped caudal fin, meaning that it is not a fast swimmer or hydrodynamic. Additionally, they have long dorsal fins with soft ray type structures. They also possess one pair of pectoral fins and an anal fin. However, these fish lack pelvic fins completely. [18]
“If you miss them in the early stage, you will have a heavy infestation because they reproduce fast.” The life cycle of the thrips parvispinus is about two weeks. The female is fertile within ...
Blue-headed wrasse. Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Individuals are small (less than 110 mm standard length) and rarely live longer than two ...
A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why this journey is so unusual.