Wrasses - Labridae

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse - Labroides dimidiatus

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse - Labroides dimidiatus - represents a particular form of mutualistic symbiosis, quite widespread in the marine aquatic environment, in this case between a Labroides dimidiatus cleaner fish and a Titan Triggerfish. The cleaning...

Brown wrasse - Labrus merula

Brown wrasse (Labrus merula) is a species of wrasse native to the Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Morocco, including the Azores, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Coris aygula

Coris aygula  (Lacépède 1801) è un pesce di mare appartenente alla classe Actinopterygii, all’ordine Perciformes, famiglia Labridae.  Si trova nelle barriere coralline dell’Oceano Indiano, dell’Oceano Pacifico, ma si trova anche nel Mar Rosso ......

Cuckoo Wrasse - Labrus mixtus

The Cuckoo Wrasse, Labrus mixtus, belongs to the Osteichthyes class, subclass Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei, family Labridae. Tordo Fischietto Labrus mixtus labridae intotheblue.it ...

Green Wrasse - Labrus viridis

Labrus viridis (the green wrasse) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Morocco ...

Humphead wrasse - Cheilinus undulatus

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, Napoleonfish,  The humphead wrasse is the largest living member...

Pesci Pappagallo - Scaridae

Gli scaridi (Scaridae), di cui fa parte il pesce pappagallo o scaro sono una famiglia di pesci di mare dell’ordine Perciformes. ...

Mediterranean Parrotfish - Sparisoma cretense

Mediterranean Parrotfish - Sparisoma cretense - finds its ideal habitat among the cliffs of the island of Pantelleria in the Sicilian waters. In this stretch of sea it is easy to meet Parrotfish because the climatic conditions of the sea make it their...

Rainbow Wrasse - Coris Julis

Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as Rainbow Wrasse, is a fish belonging to the Labridae family. ...

Thalassoma pavo - Donzella pavonina

Thalassoma pavo Linnaeus, 1758, conosciuto anche con il nome comune Donzella pavonina, è un pesce d'acqua salata appartenente alla famiglia Labridae ...

Tordo Gola Rossa - Cheilinus fasciatus

Tordo a Gola Rossa (Cheilinus fasciatus) è un pesce marino appartenente alla classe Actinopterygii, all’Ordine Labriformes, famiglia Labridae. Vive nelle lagune e nelle barriere coralline dell’Oceano Atlantico dell’Oceano Indiano e del Mar Rosso; ......

Tordo Verde - Symphodus roissali

Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810), conosciuto comunemente come tordo verde, è un pesce osseo marino appartenente alla famiglia Labridae. ...

Family Labridae Cuvier, 1816 includes 520 species of marine bony fish belonging to the order Perciformes. Labridi Labridae Wrasses Perciformes intotheblue.it

Distribution and habitat

This large family is cosmopolitan but has its greatest diversity in tropical waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Nevertheless there are also in temperate and cold waters in Europe meet to northern Norway. The Mediterranean Sea is very rich in wrasses and also has a number of endemic species.

They are strictly common inshore fish especially in the infralittoral and, with a few species, in that circalittoral. Populate especially coral reefs and hard surfaces in general, often where there is a certain coverage of algae. The species belonging to the genus Cymolutes and comb though fish live on sandy bottoms.

Description

The wrasses have a remarkably varied as form appearance, size and plumage. Generally have an eye-catching pair of lips protractile and many species have teeth relatively large, shaped incisors or canines. The dorsal fin is unique, made up of spiny rays in the first part. The anal fin is shorter and takes only a few spines. The caudal fin is never really biloba but straight edge or round. The scales are often quite large.

The coloration of these fish is usually very lively and extremely variable between species, sexes, ages and individuals.

The size of these fish are usually very modest, very often around 10 cm or less, the largest species is the Indo-Pacific Cheilinus undulatus which can in rare cases, exceed two meters in length.

Biology Behavior

These are species more or less benthic or demersal, usually daytime. Most of the species swims in small schools, or is lonely.

Supply

They are carnivorous and prey on fish especially benthic invertebrates, even in hard shell that break with robust teeth of which are provided.

Some species such Labroides Dimidiatus tropical or symphodus melanocercus, Mediterranean, clean up the other fish from parasites.

Reproduction

Many wrasses have a complex sex-change mechanism: all individuals are born with a primary livery (which is usually thought to be “feminine”), these individuals can be male or female. Females in primary livery may change sex and take then the secondary livery ( “male”). The eggs are pelagic or deposited on the bottom.

Females in primary livery may change sex and take then the secondary livery ( “male”)

(Wikipedia)

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