Wrasses
38 entries in the Wrasses compendium.
WrasseA diverse family of marine ray-finned fish, often brightly colored.AchoerodusA genus of wrasses known as blue gropers from southern Australia.Asian sheephead wrasseA large, protogynous wrasse with a bulbous forehead in males.Belted wrasseA colorful Hawaiian wrasse with cultural and ecological significance.BodianusA genus of wrasses known as hogfishes, found globally.CheilininaeCheiline wrasses are protogynous reef fish related to parrotfish.CheilioA slender, eel-like wrasse of Indo-Pacific seagrass beds.Chiseltooth wrasseA solitary wrasse with blue teeth and cleaner-fish mimicry.ChoerodonA genus of wrasses with tusk-like teeth and documented tool use.Cigar wrasseA little-known, eel-like wrasse of Indo-Pacific seagrass beds.Cirrhilabrus wakandaA fairy wrasse named after Marvel's Wakanda, with purple chain-link scales.Creole wrasseA small, color-changing wrasse of the western Atlantic.CunnerA northwestern Atlantic wrasse known for color change and winter torpor.Decodon puellarisA western Atlantic wrasse, type species of genus Decodon.Fivestripe wrasseA colorful Indo-Pacific wrasse with five stripes.Goldsinny wrasseA small wrasse with two dark spots, native to the eastern Atlantic.Green humphead parrotfishLargest parrotfish, keystone bioeroder of coral reefs.Blue groperBlue gropers are long-lived wrasses with sex-changing males.HogfishA wrasse with a pig-like snout and dermal photoreception.HypsigenyinaeBasal wrasse subfamily with phyllodont teeth and a rich fossil record.IniistiusA genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.Iniistius pavoA razorfish that buries in sand and mimics drifting debris.JulidinaeLargest wrasse subfamily with over 200 species.LabrichthysMonotypic wrasse with tubelike lips, found in Indo-Pacific reefs.LabridaeA diverse family of marine fish with over 600 species.LachnolaimusMonotypic wrasse genus with a pig-like snout.Marbled parrotfishA gonochoristic parrotfish found in seagrass beds across the Indo-Pacific.Moon wrasseA colorful, territorial wrasse from Indian and Pacific coral reefs.NovaculichthysA single-species wrasse known for moving stones to find prey.Novaculichthys taeniourusA wrasse that moves stones and builds sleeping mounds.ParacheilinusA genus of flasher wrasses from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.ParrotfishParrotfish are wrasses with beak-like teeth that rasp algae and coral.Pictilabrus laticlaviusA temperate wrasse endemic to southern Australian waters.Pseudocoris heteropteraA reef-associated wrasse that feeds on zooplankton.PseudodaxThe only known member of its genus, the chiseltooth wrasse.Pteragogus trispilusA Red Sea wrasse that entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.Red hogfishA western Atlantic wrasse with yellow stripes and a protrusible mouth.Scarus chameleonA parrotfish named for its rapid colour changes.
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