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
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Labridae
Genus
Hemigymnus
Species
Hemigymnus melapterus
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
Web resources
References
- 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.
- Grutter, A.S. (2008). Interactions between gnathiid isopods, cleaner fish and other fishes on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Journal of Fish Biology, 73: 2094-2109. LIRS catalog number 1231.
- Grutter, A.S., J.G. Rumney, T. Sinclair-Taylor, P. Waldie and C.E. Franklin (2010). Fish mucous cocoons: the 'mosquito nets' of the sea, Biology Letters, doi: 10.1098: rsbl20100916. LIRS catalog number 1373.
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