Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Cheilinus > Cheilinus undulatus

Cheilinus undulatus (Blue-tooth groper; Double-headed maori wrasse; Double-headed parrot-fish; Giant humphead wrasse; Giant maori wrasse; Giant wrasse; Humhead wrasse; Humphead; Humphead Maori wrasse; Humphead wrasse; Hump-headed wrasse; Maori wrasse; Napoleon maori-wrasse; Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Wrasse; Humpback wrasse; Double-headed wrasse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, Napoleonfish, so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands.
View Wikipedia Record: Cheilinus undulatus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cheilinus undulatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve 144062 Australia      
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Ranong   Thailand      

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Acanthaster planci (crown-of-thorns starfish)[1]
Panulirus homarus (scalloped spiny lobster)[1]
Valenciennea strigata (Watchman goby)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Balistoides viridescens (bluefin filefish)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
♦ 2"Food habits of the giant humphead wrasse,Cheilinus undulatus (Labridae)", John E. Randall, Stephen M. Head, Adrian P. L. Sanders, Environmental Biology of Fishes, June 30, 1978, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 235-238
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0