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Like many wrasses, C. julis is a sequential hermaphrodite: All start in the ...
Thalassoma ballieui - Blacktail Wrasse - hinālea lauhine (endemic)
This is a juvenile or initial
As with most parrotfish and wrasses, they pass through distinct
were examples of their different phases. ...
A bullet head shape, symmetrical above and below the break. Dark redish-brown ...
side, you can see the initial
This one was in terminal phase, which I ...
This terminal phase individual peers out ...
I thought this pic was interesting as it shows the
Adult queen parrotfish have two colour
-brown upper parts with a red belly and conspicuous white dots on the ...
polychromatism. Almost all species are sequential hermaphrodites, starting as ...
. aurofrenatum terminal phase). Size up to ...
. Their bodies are chiefly yellow, with purple on the upper body. Terminal ...
most beautiful of the Caribbean parrotfish, The colors of the stoplight ...
in it´s middle stage. A distinctive, colorful and abundant fish.