Tripletail wrasse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Cheilinus |
Species: | C. trilobatus
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Binomial name | |
Cheilinus trilobatus (
Lacépède, 1801)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. [2]
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. [2]
It lives in lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 1–30 metres (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in). [2]
It eats shelled benthic invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans, but sometimes fish. [2]
Tripletail wrasse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Cheilinus |
Species: | C. trilobatus
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Binomial name | |
Cheilinus trilobatus (
Lacépède, 1801)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. [2]
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. [2]
It lives in lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 1–30 metres (3 ft 3 in – 98 ft 5 in). [2]
It eats shelled benthic invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans, but sometimes fish. [2]