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wrasse

DEFINITIONS OF: wrasse

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n chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

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Achoerodus gouldii, giant pigfish, pigfish
found around the Great Barrier Reef
Lachnolaimus maximus, hog snapper, hogfish
large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
Halicoeres bivittatus, slippery dick
small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
Halicoeres radiatus, pudding-wife, puddingwife
bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
Thalassoma bifasciatum, bluehead
small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
razor fish, razor-fish
any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
Tautoga onitis, blackfish, tautog
large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
Tautogolabrus adspersus, bergall, cunner
common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
Hemipteronatus novacula, pearly razorfish
a kind of razor fish
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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