Thicklip Wrasse (species: Hemigymnus melapterus) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Labridae > Hemigymnus > Hemigymnus melapterus (gallery)
Hemigymnus melapterus
Thicklip Wrasse


©Andy Lewis: Male Thicklip Wrasse at Lizard Island

©Andy Lewis: Female Thicklip Wrasse, Lizard Island.

©Mark Shepherd: Juvenile Thicklip Wrasse about 80 mm long at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Hemigymnus
Species Hemigymnus melapterus

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                                  

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 90 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Arnal, C. (2000). Ecologie comportementale de la symbiose poisson nettoyeur/ poisson client: motivations et honnêteté, Ph.D. thesis, University of Perpignan, France. LIRS catalog number 637.
  • Arnal, C., O. Verneau and Y. Desdevises (2006). Phylogenetic relationships and ecolution of cleaning behaviour in the family Labridae: importance of body colour pattern, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19: 755-763. LIRS catalog number 1178.
  • Bansemer, C., A.S. Grutter and R. Poulin (2002). Geographic variation in the behaviour of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus (Labridae), Ethology, 108: 353-366. LIRS catalog number 726.
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