Cheilinus undulatus Blue-tooth Groper, Double-headed Maori Wrasse, Double-headed Parrot-fish, Giant Maori Wrasse, Giant Wrasse, Hump-headed Maori Wrasse, Hump-headed Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Napoleon Maori-wrasse, Napoleon Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatusis commonly referred to as Blue-tooth Groper, Double-headed Maori Wrasse, Double-headed Parrot-fish, Giant Maori Wrasse, Giant Wrasse, Hump-headed Maori Wrasse, Hump-headed Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Napoleon Maori-wrasse, Napoleon Wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 15000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1220 

AphiaID:

218945 

Scientific:

Cheilinus undulatus 

German:

Napoleon-Lippfisch, Buckelkopf-Lippfisch 

English:

Blue-tooth Groper, Double-headed Maori Wrasse, Double-headed Parrot-fish, Giant Maori Wrasse, Giant Wrasse, Hump-headed Maori Wrasse, Hump-headed Wrasse, Maori Wrasse, Napoleon Maori-wrasse, Napoleon Wrasse 

Category:

Wrasses 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Rüppell, 1835 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, Celebes Sea, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Jordan, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lombok, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Rapa, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 90.16" (229 cm) 

Weight:

191 kg 

Temperature:

24,9 °F - 28,8 °F (24,9°C - 28,8°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Hermit crabs, Invertebrates, Living Food, Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

3299.68 gal (~ 15000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Endangered (EN) 

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:

2005-01-03 22:24:53 

Last edit:

2024-04-18 20:04:06 

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