Blue Head Wrasses

Thalassoma bifasciatum

Fish

SKU Care Level Diet Reef Compatible Water

<div class="views-field views-field-field-product-summary tb" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"> <div class="field-content"> <p>The <strong>bluehead wrasse</strong> or <strong>blue-headed wrasse</strong>, <em>Thalassoma bifasciatum</em>, is a species of saltwater fish in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrasse" title="Wrasse">wrasse</a> family (Labridae) of order <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perciformes" title="Perciformes">Perciformes</a> native to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a> of the tropical waters of the western <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. Individuals are small (less than 110 mm standard length) and rarely live longer than two years. They form large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">schools</a> over the reef and are important <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaner_fish" title="Cleaner fish">cleaner fish</a> in the reefs they inhabit.</p> </div> </div> <p> </p>