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The tail-spot wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, is a species of wrasse in the western Pacific from Japan to Samoa and Tonga and south to the Great Barrier Reef. This species is found along rocky shores or on coral reefs at depths from 1 to 15 m (3.3 to 49.2 ft). It can reach 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length. This species is popular for display in ...
Anampses melanurus, the white-spotted wrasse, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean. [2] Description. This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in). [3]
Genera. 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 nine 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 ...
There are currently 80 recognized species in this genus: Halichoeres adustus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Black wrasse) Halichoeres aestuaricola W. A. Bussing, 1972 (Mangrove wrasse) Halichoeres argus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Argus wrasse) Halichoeres bathyphilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932) (Green-band wrasse)
The lined wrasse, Anampses lineatus, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to South Africa east to Bali. This species can be found at depths from 10 to 45 m (33 to 148 ft) (though usually below 20 m (66 ft)) in lagoons and on reefs. It can reach a length of 13 cm (5.1 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.
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.
Reef safe. Reef safe is a distinction used in the saltwater aquarium hobby to indicate that a fish or invertebrate is safe to add to a reef aquarium. There is no fish that is completely reef safe. Every fish that is commonly listed as reef safe are species that usually do not readily consume small fish or invertebrates.
Amanda's flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus amanda) is a colorful cryptic species of wrasse discovered in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. [1] The wrasse was described through a major taxonomic review of wrasses of the genus Paracheilinus off the Australian coast. [2][3] It is found in the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef and the ...