COMMON NAMES:
Napoleon Wrasse, Humphead Wrasse.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Cheilinus undulatus
DESCRIPTION:
Shades of blue, grean and pink with intricate fine variegations and scrawls
covering most of the head and torso. Prominent hump on forehead (larger in
mature adults). Large, puffy lips.
This wrasse grows extremely large; up to 2.3m total length.
RANGE:
Indo-Pacific. Red Sea to French Polynesia.
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