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The
Spastic Wrasses of the Genus
Stethojulis
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Stethojulis albovittata, Maldives
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The common name of this group is the Ribbon Wrasses, but
if it were up to me I'd call them the "Beautiful Zoomers"
for their bold coloration and spastic reef cruising; these fishes are
constantly going 110%! Though Stethojulis are planktivorous and
don't get too large (most are about six inches long maximum) they
do have one shortcoming: they rarely live for any time in captivity.
They should only be tried in HUGE, well-established reef systems.
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Stethojulis balteata (Quoy & Gaimard
1824), the Belted Wrasse (3), is an Hawaiian endemic. This is the
most common and hardiest member of the genus, but still has a
dismal survival rate. Two male pix and a female off of the Big
Island. To six inches long.
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| Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker 1851), the
Red-Shoulder Wrasse. Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to the
tropical eastern Pacific coast. To six inches in length. Shown:
Males in French Polynesia and S. Sulawesi. Female in S. Leyte below. |
 
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| Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett 1832), the
Stripebelly Wrasse. Females are actually striped on their abdomens.
East Africa to Samoa, Micronesians. A male off of the Whitsundays
in Queensland, Australia, and a nice grouping of females/initial
phase individuals in S. Sulawesi. |
 
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| Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch &
Schneider 1801), the Three-Lined Wrasse. Indo-West Pacific;
Maldives to north Australia, Palau, Samoa, southern Japan. To six
inches in length. A washed-out male in captivity and one in S.
Sulawesi shown. |
 
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