Creole Wrasse



Size:  4-12 in.
ID:  Snout usually dark purple, yellow-red rear on older fish

Class:  Actinopterygii  /  Ray-finned fishes
Order:  Perciformes  /  Perch-like fishes
Family:   Labridae  /  Wrasses
Genus Species:  Clepticus parrae /  Creole Wrasse

Habitat:  open water above deep reefs or along drop-offs
Typical food:  plankton, pelagic copepods, jellyfish, pteropods, tunicates, and invertebrate larvae
Other information:  swim constantly and are often in small to large schools


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1. Creole Wrasse
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