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Blackear Wrasse
Halichoeres poeyi
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Tripletail Maori Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
- Max size
- View in app
- Max depth
- 30 m
- Found in
- 29 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- whiteblackbrowngreygreenbluered
- Body shape
- Standard, Compressed, Elongated
- Pattern
- Blotches or dots, Vertical markings, Reticulations pattern
- Family
- Labridae
The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.
Description
It has a moderately deep body with a tri-lobed tail. Its body is green to brown with molted purple and red markings.there are 4 vertical dark stripes on its body. Its head has red spots and red lines radiating from its eye.
Habitat
It lives in lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 1–30 metres (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in).
Diet
It eats shelled benthic invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans, but sometimes fish.
Similar species
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Black-finned Pigfish
Bodianus loxozonus
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Blackspot Pigfish
Bodianus unimaculatus
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Blackspot Tuskfish
Choerodon schoenleinii
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Blueside Wrasse (female)
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Blueside Wrasse (juvenile)
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Questions
Is Tripletail Maori Wrasse dangerous?
Tripletail Maori Wrasse has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
Where can you find Tripletail Maori Wrasse?
How deep does Tripletail Maori Wrasse live?
Tripletail Maori Wrasse can be found at depths of up to 30 meters.
