English language
Toggle Transcript
wrasse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | percoid fish, percoidean, percoid |
| Has types | bluehead, cunner, giant pigfish, halicoeres bivittatus, halicoeres radiatus, hog snapper, hogfish, lachnolaimus maximus, pigfish, pudding-wife, puddingwife, razor-fish, razor fish, slippery dick, tautog, tautoga onitis, tautogolabrus adspersus, achoerodus gouldii, thalassoma bifasciatum, bergall, blackfish |
Examples of wrasse
wrasse
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse have small home territories called cleaning stations.
From the newscientist.com
So the cleaner wrasse eats in peace and visitors to the spa enjoy relative safety.
From the thenewstribune.com
Sure enough, when the female nibbled the prawns, the male wrasse went berserk.
From the time.com
We also found more signs of social wrasse habitat degradation and destruction.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
There were turtles and eels, along with schools of Creole wrasse and blue chromis.
From the post-gazette.com
Similar behavior was also reported in a sixbar wrasse in an aquarium setting.
From the sciencedaily.com
In the case of the Crown-of-thorns starfish, it could be the humphead wrasse.
From the guardian.co.uk
Removing the social wrasse can have severe impacts on the local ecosystem's health.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
All of these wrasse are born female, and only become male in this situation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
- The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with about 500 species in 60 genera.
- Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored
- Any of a family of bony fish, having thick lips, spiny fins, strong teeth, and bright coloring; found especially in tropical seas
