Oxycheilinus mentalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Oxycheilinus
- Species
- Oxycheilinus mentalis
- Scientific Name
- Oxycheilinus mentalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oxycheilinus mentalis
Oxycheilinus mentalis (mental wrasse) is a species of wrasse found in the Western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
It has been known to change its colouration to match species of non-predatory parrotfish and surgeonfish. It then swims with these harmless model species and predates upon passing fish. This is a form of aggressive mimicry. Without a model fish, the mental wrasse has a reddish pink colour.
...Oxycheilinus mentalis in languages:
- Arabic
- Muesy
- Czech
- pyskoun vznešený
- English
- Mental Wrasse
- German
- Schlanker Prachtlippfisch
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