Biology:Creole wrasse
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Bodianus |
| Species: | B. parrae
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| Bodianus parrae (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
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The creole wrasse (Bodianus parrae) is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
The creole wrasse was first formally described in 1801 as Brama parrae by Marcus Elieser Bloch & Johann Gottlob Schneider. In 1829, Georges Cuvier described a species and a new genus, which he named Clepticus genizara; this name was later regarded as a synonym of Bloch and Schneider's earlier name and this species is the type species of the genus Clepticus.[2][3] It was moved to Bodianus in 2016, and its sister taxon is Bodianus anthioides. [4]
Description
The creole wrasse is a small wrasse, with males reaching around 30 cm (1 ft) in length, while females are smaller. It has a typical wrasse shape. Like many wrasse, it changes colour markedly during its lifetime, with juveniles being almost completely violet-purple. As it matures, it develops a yellow patch on the rear part of its body.[5]
Distribution
The species is found throughout the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, including Bermuda Islands, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
Ecology
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This wrasse lives in groups, aggregating on coral reef slopes, down to around 100 m (330 ft) in depth. These groups feed on plankton, including small jellyfish, pteropods,[6] pelagic tunicates, and invertebrate larvae.[7] The creole wrasse is active by day, and at night it retreats alone to a rocky crevice in the reef to sleep.
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.; Craig, M. (2010). "Clepticus parrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187546A8564076.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187546/8564076. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Brama parrae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=39966.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Clepticus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1178.
- ↑ Santini, Francesco; Sorenson, Laurie; Alfaro, Michael E. (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 1–6. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.011. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26944013. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316000555.
- ↑ "Fish Identification: Creole Wrasse". http://www.thedivingblog.com/fish-identification-creole-wrasse/.
- ↑ "Clepticus parrae (Creole Wrasse)". The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago. UWI. https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Clepticus_parrae%20-%20Creole%20Wrasse.pdf.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Clepticus parrae" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
External links
- Bailly, Nicolas (2018). "Clepticus parrae (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280214.
- Photos of Creole wrasse on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q3753075 entry
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