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Tripletail wrasse

Cheilinus trilobatus

Tripletail wrasse — Cheilinus trilobatus
  • Saltwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
45 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Labridae
Genus
Cheilinus
Distribution
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Pacific, Western Central

About the tripletail wrasse

The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.

Habitat

It lives in lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 1–30 metres (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in).

Behaviour

It eats shelled benthic invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans, but sometimes fish.

Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.

Where the tripletail wrasse lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

Also known as

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