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Humphead/Napoleon Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

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Humphead/Napolean Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus


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rpsonak3
rpsonak3 12 years ago

well this was right off sipadan island just off the coast of malaysian borneo.---who knows, maybe this guy is one of those juveniles you saved all grow'd up!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Haha, yes that's very true! I got to see some juveniles of these guys get released back into the ocean when I was in Indonesia, they'd been captured for the live fish trade but were rescued :) Also, just realised I spelled "Napoleon" wrong, oops sorry!

rpsonak3
rpsonak3 12 years ago

i think they have really interesting faces, maybe because the lips look more like human and less like a fish!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Excellent find, this is a humphead wrasse (also called a Napolean wrasse). I'll suggest the ID for you! They're huge aren't they?! I saw one from a distance, didn't get this close!

rpsonak3
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rpsonak3

Indonesia

Spotted on May 5, 2011
Submitted on May 13, 2011

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