Cigar wrasse
| Cigar wrasse | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Cheilio Lacépède, 1802 |
| Species: | C. inermis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Several, See text | |
The cigar wrasse, Cheilio inermis, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific. It is mainly found on tropical reefs at depths to 30 m (98 ft) in the Indo-Pacific region, Red Sea included.[2] They inhabit seagrass beds and algae-covered flats, occasionally in lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m. They are a mostly solitary species. Their diet includes crustaceans, mollusks, sea urchins, and other hard-shelled prey.[3]
Description
It grows to an average length of 35 cm (14 in) but can reach up to 50 cm (20 in).[4]
Young individuals are usually a mottled brown or green, sometimes with a broad lateral stripe. Rare individuals may be uniformly yellow. Large males may develop a bright yellow, orange, black, white, or multicolored patch on their sides behind their pectoral fins.[5]
Due to their adult size and diet, they are rarely kept in the aquarium.
Synonyms
These described species have all been determined to be junior synonyms of this species:[6]
- Labrus inermis Forsskål, 1775
- Labrus hassek Lacépède, 1801
- Cheilio auratus Lacépède, 1802
- Cheilio fuscus Lacépède, 1802
- Labrus fusiformis Rüppell, 1835
- Cheilio cyanochloris Valenciennes, 1839
- Cheilio forskalii Valenciennes, 1839
- Cheilio hemichrysos Valenciennes, 1839
- Cheilio viridis Valenciennes, 1839
- Cheilio microstoma Valenciennes, 1839
- Cheilio ramosus Jenyns, 1842
- Cheilio bicolor Bianconi, 1857
- Cheilio udanad Montrouzier, 1857
References
- ↑ Cheung, W.W.L., Sadovy, Y. & Liu, M. 2010. Cheilio inermis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 September 2013.
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/994403/details#distribution
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/994403/details#comprehensive_description
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5623
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/994403/details#diagnostic_description
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cheilio inermis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.