SCIENTIFIC NAME : Cheilinus undulatus WEIGHT : 400 pounds LENGTH : 6 ft POPULATION : Less Than 1000 PLACES : Coral Triangle, Coastal East Africa HABITATS : Oceans | The humphead wrasse is an enormous coral reef fish-growing over six feet long-with a prominent bulge on its forehead. Some of them live to be over 30 years old. They roam through coral reefs in search of hard shelled prey such as mollusks, starfish, or crustaceans.
Live reef fish trade in Southeast Asia continues to be a significant problem that threatens the regions food security as well as its reefs, as poachers often resort to legal and destructive fishing methods to catch them. |
