Cheilinus chlorourus Floral wrasse, Maori wrasse, Redspotted maori wrasse, White-dotted maori wrasse

Cheilinus chlorourusis commonly referred to as Floral wrasse, Maori wrasse, Redspotted maori wrasse, White-dotted maori wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2546 

AphiaID:

218941 

Scientific:

Cheilinus chlorourus 

German:

Lippfisch 

English:

Floral Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Redspotted Maori Wrasse, White-dotted Maori Wrasse 

Category:

Wrasses 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilinus (Genus) > chlorourus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, Cambodia, Chile, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Kiribati, Lembeh Strait, Lombok, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 17.72" (45 cm) 

Temperature:

21,4 °F - 31,2 °F (21,4°C - 31,2°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Hermit crabs, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cheilinus abudjubbe
  Abudjubbe Lippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus chlorourus
  Lippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus fasciatus
  Rotbrust-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus lunulatus
  Besenschwanz-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus oxycephalus
  Spitzkopf-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus trilobatus
  Dreilappen-Lippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus undulatus
  Napoleon-Lippfisch, Buckelkopf-Lippfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cheilinus quinquecinctus
  Rotbrust-Prachtlippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-07-24 10:07:26 

Last edit:

2020-10-02 06:18:59 

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