Family

Common name: Wrasses

Scientific name: Labridae

The Labridae family, commonly known as wrasses, encompasses a diverse group of colorful and active fish that are popular in the reefkeeping hobby. Wrasses are known for their vibrant patterns and behaviors, including sand diving and cleaning other fish. They play a crucial role in controlling pests like flatworms and pyramidellid snails. Many wrasses are also known for their interesting life cycles, with some species starting life as females and transitioning to males as they mature. They generally require a well-established aquarium with plenty of hiding places and a sandy substrate to thrive.

  1. Blue-spotted wrasse - Anampses Caeruleopunctatus
    Common name: Wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses caeruleopunctatus
  2. A male Psychedelic Wrasse (Anampses chrysocephalus) with a harem of five females photographed under water off Maui; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
    Common name: Redtail wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses chrysocephalus
  3. Dish of spanish cuisine - roasted maragota fish (ballan wrasse) with vegetables
    Common name: Pearl wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses cuvier
  4. Attractive Wrasse Fish Isolated on White Transparent Background.
    Common name: Elegant wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses elegans
  5. Common name: Blue-striped orange tamarin
    Scientific name: Anampses femininus
  6. Cuckoo Wrasse
    Common name: Geographic wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses geographicus
  7. Lennardi Wrasse (Anampses lennardi) very rare marine fish
    Common name: Blue and yellow wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses lennardi
  8. Anampses lineatus underwater in the ocean of egypt, underwater in the ocean of egypt, Anampses lineatus underwater photograph underwater photograph,
    Common name: Lined wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses lineatus
  9. White spotted saltwater wrasse fish - Melanurus Anampses
    Common name: White-spotted wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses melanurus
  10. Tropical reef fish Yellow-Tail Tamarin
    Common name: Spotted wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses meleagrides
  11. ニューギニアベラ
    Common name: New Guinea wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses neoguinaicus
  12. Coral fish Yellowbreasted wrasse
    Common name: Yellowbreasted wrasse
    Scientific name: Anampses twistii
  13. Tropical reef fish Lyretail hogfish
    Common name: Lyretail hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus anthioides
  14. Coral fish Axilspot hogfish
    Common name: Axilspot hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus axillaris
  15. Rarely seen mature endemic female hogfish (Bodianus albotaeniatus) with endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus); Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
    Common name: Crescentbanded hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus bilunulatus
  16. Common name: Twospot hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus bimaculatus
  17. Diana's hogfish in Red sea,
    Common name: Diana's hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus diana
  18. parrotfish and hogfish swimming together at devil's crown in the galapagos
    Common name: Mexican hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus diplotaenia
  19. Blackfin Pigfish (Bodianus loxozonus) in Japan
    Common name: Blackfin hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus
  20. Common name: Masuda's Hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus masudai
  21. Split-level hogfish, Bodianus mesothorax, coral fish, detail,close up
    Common name: Splitlevel hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax
  22. Common name: Neill's Hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus neilli
  23. Common name: Blackspot hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus opercularis
  24. Common name: Golden-spot-hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus perditio
  25. A beautiful saltwater fish tank with a Cuban hogfish and toadstool leather coral reef
    Common name: Hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus pulchellus
  26. Spanish Hogfish on Caribbean Coral Reef
    Common name: Spanish hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus rufus
  27. Green humphead parrotfish on Tulamben wreck Bali
    Common name: Sunrise wrasse
    Scientific name: Bodianus sanguineus
  28. Barred hogfish (Bodianus scrofa).
    Common name: Barred hogfish
    Scientific name: Bodianus scrofa
  29. Abudjubbe's wrasse (Cheilinus abudjubbe) at the Red Sea coral reef..
    Common name: abudjubbe
    Scientific name: Cheilinus abudjubbe
  30. The floral wrasse, Cheilinus chlorourus
    Common name: yellowdotted maori wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus chlorourus
  31. Red breasted wrasse ( Cheilinus fasciatus )
    Common name: Redbreast wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus
  32. Boomtail wrasse and coral reef
    Common name: Broomtail wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus lunulatus
  33. Common name: Snooty wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus oxycephalus
  34. Underwater photo of Cheilinus trilobatus or Tripletail wrasse swimming among coral reefs in Andaman Sea. Tropical sea fish on snorkeling or dive on island. Marine life of Thailand
    Common name: Tripletail wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus
  35. A Napoleon Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in the Red Sea
    Common name: Humphead wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus
  36. Cigar wrasse (Cheilio inermis) undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: cigar wrasse
    Scientific name: Cheilio inermis
  37. Choerodon anchorago or orange-dotted tuskfish (Anchor trunkfish) marine fish
    Common name: Orange-dotted tuskfish
    Scientific name: Choerodon anchorago
  38. Harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus).
    Common name: harlequin tuskfish
    Scientific name: Choerodon fasciatus
  39. Common name: Jordan's tuskfish
    Scientific name: Choerodon jordani
  40. Fish : Blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)
    Common name: Green wrasse
    Scientific name: Choerodon schoenleinii
  41. Adornatus Fairy Wrasse - Female (Cirrhilabrus adornatus)
    Common name: Red-fin fairy wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus adornatus
  42. Common name: Orange-back wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis
  43. Common name: Girdled wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus balteatus
  44. Common name: Deepwater wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus
  45. Common name: Beau’s wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus beauperryi
  46. Common name: Purple-boned wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus blatteus
  47. Common name: Claire's Fairy Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus claire
  48. Common name: Conde's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus condei
  49. Bluesided wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, Gili Lawa, Indonesia
    Common name: Blue-sided Fairy Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
  50. Common name: Orange-striped wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus earlei
  51. Exquisite Fairy Wrasse - (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
    Common name: Exquisite wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
  52. Flasher wrasse, Cirrhilabrus filamentosus, Alor Indonesia
    Common name: Whip-fin wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus filamentosus
  53. Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis)
    Common name: Yellowfin fairy wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis
  54. Common name: Pulauweh wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus joanallenae
  55. Common name: Johnson's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus johnsoni
  56. Flame Wrasse  (Cirrhilabrus jordani) endemic wrasse species of Hawaiian Islands
    Common name: Flame wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus jordani
  57. Common name: Katherine's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus katherinae
  58. クレナイイトヒキベラの幼魚
    Common name: Katoi's Fairy Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus katoi
  59. Common name: Laboute's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus laboutei
  60. Common name: Long-tailed wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus
  61. The Lineatus Fairy Wrasse male, Cirrhilabrus lineatus
    Common name: Purplelined wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus lineatus
  62. Multicolor Lubbock Fairy Wrasse - (Cirrhilabrus lubbocki)
    Common name: Lubbock's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
  63. オトメベラのオス
    Common name: Crescent-tail wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus lunatus
  64. Rose-band Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus roseafascia)
    Common name: Yellowband wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus
  65. Common name: Marjorie's Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus marjorie
  66. トモシビイトヒキベラのオス
    Common name: Blackfin fairy-warsse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus
  67. Common name: Morrison's fairy-wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus morrisoni
  68. Common name: Naoko's Fairy Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus naokoae
  69. Cancelled postage stamp printed by Benin, that shows Dotted Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus punctatus), circa 1997.
    Common name: Dotted wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus punctatus
  70. Common name: Blue-margin fairy-wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus pylei
  71. Common name: Randall's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus randalli
  72. Common name: Rhomboid wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis
  73. Rose-band Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus roseafascia)
    Common name: Pink-banded fairy-warsse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus roseafascia
  74. Common name: Red-margined wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus
  75. Ruby Finned Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis) in reef tank
    Common name: Redfin wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis
  76. Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis) origin from Maldives
    Common name: Rosy-scales fairy wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis
  77. Longfin Fairy Wrasse in Aquarium
    Common name: Social wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis
  78. Common name: Cirrhilabrus sanguineus
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus sanguineus
  79. Common name: Scott's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus scottorum
  80. Red-eye wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
    Common name: Red-eye wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus solorensis
  81. Set of Marine fish on white isolated background. Peacock, Emperor, Flame angelfish. clown fish , Firefish, Purple firefish, Butterflyfish, Sweetlips, Humphead wrasse and Threadfin snapper etc.
    Common name: Threadfin wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus temminckii
  82. Common name: Tono's wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus tonozukai
  83. Common name: Walindi wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus walindi
  84. Common name: Walsh's Fairy Wrasse
    Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus walshi
  85. Common name: African Creole wrasse
    Scientific name: Clepticus africanus
  86. Creole wrasse
    Common name: Creole wrasse
    Scientific name: Clepticus parrae
  87. Common name: Mutant wrasse
    Scientific name: Conniella apterygia
  88. Coris gaimard, the yellowtail wrasse or African coris, among other vernacular names, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, fro
    Common name: African Wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris atlantica
  89. Clown coris (Coris aygula) in Japan
    Common name: Twinspot wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris aygula
  90. Individual green razerfish wrasse swimming above coral
    Common name: Sand wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris ballieui
  91. Batu Coris Coris batuensis
    Common name: Batu coris
    Scientific name: Coris batuensis
  92. metallic bird figure in the snow
    Common name: Doubleheader
    Scientific name: Coris bulbifrons
  93. Coris caudimacula EG-33....
    Common name: Spottail coris
    Scientific name: Coris caudimacula
  94. Coris gaimard, the yellowtail wrasse or African coris, among other vernacular names, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, fro
    Common name: Central Wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris centralis
  95. Tropical reef fish African Coris
    Common name: African coris
    Scientific name: Coris cuvieri
  96. YELLOWSTRIPE CORIS, Female (Coris flavovittata)
    Common name: Yellowstripe coris
    Scientific name: Coris flavovittata
  97. Queen coris (Coris formosa) Taking in Red Sea, Egypt.
    Common name: red wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris formosa
  98. Juvenile Clown Wrasse (Coris gaimard)
    Common name: dahlia
    Scientific name: Coris gaimard
  99. Donzella - Coris Julis
    Common name: Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris julis
  100. 風力発電機のプロベラ
    Common name: Comb wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris picta
  101. Yellowstripe Coris on Coral Reef
    Common name: Blackstripe coris
    Scientific name: Coris pictoides
  102. Sandagers Wrasse - Coris sandageri
    Common name: Sandager's wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris sandeyeri
  103. Dapple coris
    Common name: Wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris variegata
  104. Attractive Wrasse Fish Isolated on White Transparent Background.
    Common name: Elegant wrasse
    Scientific name: Coris venusta
  105. Common name: Yellowtail tubelip
    Scientific name: Diproctacanthus xanthurus
  106. Female - Slingjaw wrasse (epibulus insidiator)  in the Red Sea
    Common name: Slingjaw wrasse
    Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator
  107. Green birdmouth wrasse or Indian birdmouth wrasse (Gomphosus caeruleus. Invalid synonym: Gomphosus caeruleus klunzingeri) undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay. Wrasse in focus.
    Common name: Wrasse
    Scientific name: Gomphosus caeruleus
  108. Side view of a Bird wrasse female, Gomphosus varius
    Common name: Wrasse
    Scientific name: Gomphosus varius
  109. Wrassereef
    Common name: Argus wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres argus
  110. Common name: greenband wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres bathyphilus
  111. The banded rainbowfish (Melanotaenia trifasciata), also known as the Jewel rainbowfish, Goyder River rainbowfish, three-striped sunfish or regal rainbowfish
    Common name: banded rainbowfish
    Scientific name: Halichoeres binotopsis
  112. ニシキキュウセンの幼魚
    Common name: Redlined wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres biocellatus
  113. Common name: Greenhead wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres chlorocephalus
  114. Green Wrasse. Halichoeres chloropterus. PNG masked background.
    Common name: Pastel-green wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres chloropterus
  115. Yellow Wrasse or Canary Wrasse, halichoeres chrysus, Aquarium Fishes
    Common name: Canary wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres chrysus
  116. Halichoeres cosmetus, commonly called the Adorned Wrasse, a saltwater fish from the Indian Ocean, adult form
    Common name: Adorned wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres cosmetus
  117. Common name: yellowcheek wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres cyanocephalus
  118. Common name: yellowcheek wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres dimidiatus
  119. Common name: Chameleon wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres dispilus
  120. Yellowhead Wrasse
    Common name: yellowhead wrasse
    Scientific name: Halichoeres garnoti