Bluehead Wrass© Shedd Aquarium
Order - Perciformes
Family - Labridae
Genus - Thalassoma
Species - bifasciatum
Bluehead Wrasses typically are found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic
Ocean. Living in coral and offshore reefs. They are found 100ft below the water
surface. Blue heads swim in large schools. They are found in a variety of colors.
They have a bright blue head with two dark vertical stripes separated with a
white bar. The rest of the body is green. They have a pointed snout and a mouth
with teeth. They swim with only there fins. Flapping of the pectoral fins helps
them move among coral reefs. They can be a length of 25cm and have a maximum
age of about three years. They eat zooplankton, worms, mollusks and other small
crustaceans.
- Bester, Cathleen. Florida Museum of Natural History.Biological Profiles:
Bluehead Wrasse.
- http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/Descript/Bluehead/Bluehead.html
- Estoff, Liz. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web.
- Thalassoma bifasciatum; bluehead.
- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
