Red-Cheek Wrasse
Thalassoma genivittatum
- Group: Wrasse
- Max size: 20 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
Usually moving in small groups over rocky reefs with sparse coral, this wrasse keeps to the shallows. Like its relatives it hunts small invertebrates across the bottom and reaches about twenty centimetres.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Eupercaria incertae sedis › Labridae › Thalassoma
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 212215.
FAQ
- Is the Red-Cheek Wrasse dangerous to divers?
- The Red-Cheek Wrasse is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Red-Cheek Wrasse get?
- The Red-Cheek Wrasse grows to about 20 cm.