Wrasses and Parrotfishes
This section contains the species and subspecies currently documented in Wrasses and Parrotfishes.
Labridae
Red tail wrasse — Anampses chrysocephalus
New Guinea wrasse — Anampses neoguinaicus
Lyretail hogfish — Bodianus anthioides
Axilspot hogfish — Bodianus axillaris
Tarry hogfish — Bodianus bilunulatus
Twospot hogfish — Bodianus bimaculatus
Diana’s hogfish — Bodianus diana
Pacific Diana hogfish, Redfin hogfish — Bodianus dictynna
Splitlevel hogfish — Bodianus mesothorax
Blackspot hogfish — Bodianus opercularis
Five-striped hogfish — Bodianus paraleucosticticus
Spanish hogfish — Bodianus rufus
Floral wrasse — Cheilinus chlorourus
Redbreasted wrasse — Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail wrasse — Cheilinus trilobatus
Humphead wrasse — Cheilinus undulatus
Cigar wrasse — Cheilio inermis
Orange-dotted tuskfish — Choerodon anchorago
White-patch tuskfish — Choerodon oligacanthus
Blackspot tuskfish — Choerodon schoenleinii
Red-fin fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus adornatus
Red-eye wrasse — Cirrhilabrus aquamarinus
Orangeback fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis
Girdled wrasse — Cirrhilabrus balteatus
Pink-headed fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus chaliasi
Blueside wrasse — Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Orange-striped wrasse — Cirrhilabrus earlei
Exquisite wrasse — Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
Whip-fin wrasse — Cirrhilabrus filamentosus
Yellowfin fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis
Pin-tailed fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus isosceles
Joan’s fairy wrasse — Cirrhilabrus joanallenae
Flame wrasse — Cirrhilabrus jordani
Laboute’s wrasse — Cirrhilabrus laboutei
Long-tailed wrasse — Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus
Purplelined wrasse — Cirrhilabrus lineatus
Rhomboid wrasse — Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis
Red-margined wrasse — Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus
Scott’s wrasse — Cirrhilabrus scottorum
Threadfin wrasse — Cirrhilabrus temminckii
Creole wrasse — Clepticus parrae
Western king wrasse — Coris auricularis
Blackstripe coris — Coris pictoides
Yellowtail tubelip — Diproctacanthus xanthurus
Sling-jaw wrasse — Epibulus insidiator
Canary wrasse — Halichoeres chrysus
Yellowhead wrasse — Halichoeres garnoti
Orangeline wrasse, Hartzfeld’s wrasse — Halichoeres hartzfeldii
Checkerboard wrasse — Halichoeres hortulanus
Iridis wrasse — Halichoeres iridis
Canarytop wrasse — Halichoeres leucoxanthus
Clown wrasse — Halichoeres maculipinna
Dusky wrasse — Halichoeres marginatus
Tail-spot wrasse — Halichoeres melanurus
Cheekspot wrasse — Halichoeres melasmapomus
Nebulous wrasse — Halichoeres nebulosus
Bubblefin wrasse — Halichoeres nigrescens
Ornamented wrasse — Halichoeres ornatissimus
Timor wrasse — Halichoeres timorensis
Blackeye thicklip — Hemigymnus melapterus
Redback longface wrasse — Hologymnosus rhodonotus
Bicolor cleaner wrasse — Labroides bicolor
Hogfish — Lachnolaimus maximus
Rockmover wrasse — Novaculichthys taeniourus
Two-spot wrasse — Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Blue flasher-wrasse — Paracheilinus cyaneus
Spot-lined flasher-wrasse — Paracheilinus lineopunctatus
Mauritius six-lined wrasse — Pseudocheilinus dispilus
Striated wrasse — Pseudocheilinus evanidus
Whitebarred wrasse — Pseudocheilinus ocellatus
Severns’ wrasse — Pseudojuloides severnsi
Mauritius pencil wrasse — Pseudojuloides xanthomos
Redband wrasse — Pseudolabrus biserialis
Asian sheepshead wrasse — Semicossyphus reticulatus
Red-cheek wrasse — Thalassoma genivittatum
Sixbar wrasse — Thalassoma hardwicke
Cortez rainbow wrasse — Thalassoma lucasanum
Moon wrasse — Thalassoma lunare
Yellow-brown wrasse — Thalassoma lutescens
Blackbarred wrasse — Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Fivestripe wrasse — Thalassoma quinquevittatum
Scaridae
Green humphead parrotfish — Bolbometopon muricatum
Raggedfin parrotfish — Chlorurus rhakoura
Blue-barred parrotfish — Scarus ghobban
Rainbow parrotfish — Scarus guacamaia