- Asian sheepshead wrasse
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Asian sheepshead wrasse Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Labridae Genus: Semicossyphus Species: S. reticulatus Binomial name Semicossyphus reticulatus
(Valenciennes, 1839)Synonyms Cossyphus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1839
The Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus) is a species of fish in the Labridae family. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. Its unusual appearance has earned it international media attention. One of the largest wrasses, the Asian sheepshead wrasse is an extraordinary pinkish-grey fish with large, swelling-like protrusions on the ‘forehead’ and ‘chin’. Like its close relative, the California sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus pulcher), the juvenile is starkly different from the adult, being a vivid yellowish-orange with a white stripe from the eye to the tail, black patches on the fins and tail, and lacking the bulbous face protrusions of the adults, for which the species earns its common name (2).[1]
Asian sheepshead wrasse in captivity
Source
- Cornish, A. 2004. Semicossyphus reticulatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
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