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Wrasse
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(rs), common name for a member of the large family Labridae, brilliantly colored fishes found among rocks and kelp in tropical seas.
Wrasse
For other uses, see Wrasse (disambiguation).
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with about 500 species in 60 genera.
Wrasse Species Profiles
The Wrasse is an interesting fish that adds a certain level of personality to home aquariums. Some even provide a cleaning service to larger fish. Below are all the species profiles for the family Labridae.
Wrasse - Humphead
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The humphead wrasse is one of the two most highly valued fish in the luxury live reef fish trade on a per kg basis.
Humphead Wrasse
Naturally rare, and in high demand
Common Name: Humphead wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish; Napoléon (Fr); Napoléon (Sp) ...
Cleaner wrasse behaviour in relation to territory size and reef type
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Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
The humphead or Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is one of the largest reef fishes in the world and is the largest member of the wrasse... More 15 Images 7 Videos ...
banner wrasse (Bodianus loxozonus)
bar goby (Ptereleotris zebra)
Barbour's seahorse (Hippocampus barbouri)
barred rabbitfish (Siganus doliatus)
barrier reef anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos)
beaked coralfish (Chelmon rostratus) ...
Water FunFISH-SEAWATER: Banggai Cardinalfish, Bay Pipefish, Batfish (Platax pinnatus), Bay Pipefish, Bird Wrasse, Black And Yellow Rockfish, Blackcap Basslet, Blacksmith, Blue Faced Angelfish, Blue Tang, Boccacio, Bonefish, Boxfish, ...
Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses Labridae, damselfish Pomacentridae, and surfperches Embiotocidae. This family is both large and diverse.
Close relatives of the wrasse, parrot fish are abundant in and around the tropical reefs of all the world's oceans. There are about 80 identified species, ranging in size from less than 1 to 4 feet (30 to 120 centimeters) in length.
Many coral reef fish species, such as wrasses, parrotfish, and angelfish may start out as one sex (usually female) and change to the other over time.
The bluntnose stingray is found near cleaning stations where they are attended to by the bluehead wrasse and Spanish hogfish. They have a well-developed serrated spine and are capable of inflicting a painful laceration.
Small fish (i.e. mullet, groupers, theraponids, jacks, mojarras, slipjaws, wrasses, surgeonfish, sillinginids), mollusks (i.e. cuttlefish, squid, octopi), and crustaceans (i.e. shrimp and mantis shrimp)
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SUBORDER LABROIDEI
Includes cichlids, surfperches, damselfishes, anemonefishes, wrasses, parrotfishes
CICHLIDS
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Chinese and Asian cultures have used dried seahorses in traditional medicines for hundreds of years. Natural predators include fish, such as skates, cod, perch, wrasse, and salmon, as well as birds, such as cormorants and fairy penguins.
Some of the groups of fish species found on coral reefs are as follows; requiem sharks, moray eels, hawk fish, groupers, surgeonfish, parrot fish, butterfly fish, sweepers, damselfish, wrasses, velvet fish, puffers, gobies, filefish, triggerfish, ...
led to the different phases of many species being erroneously classified as different species in the past. Coloration is highly variable even among members of the same species. This "identity crisis" is shared by their close relatives, the wrasses of ...
Thalassoma lunare (Moon wrasse)
Thunnus thynnus (Northern bluefin tuna)
Trachurus trachurus (Atlantic horse mackerel)
Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)
Zanclus cornutus (Moorish Idol)
Zoarces viviparus (Viviparous eelpout) ...
They are often found with Remoras attached to their undersides. These scavenger fish feed from the mantas leftovers. It is also common to find manta rays at "cleaning station" where fish like the wrasse will groom them.
 See also: Coral, Parrot, Shark, Diver, Shrimp
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