Noun
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCleaner fish further Cleaning symbiosis : a small cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) with advertising coloration services a big eye squirrelfish ( Priacanthus hamrur ) in an apparent example of reciprocal altruism. Source: Internet
The intensive application of potassium cyanide for the live catch of grouper and wrasse species, and the use of home-made bombs, as an easy and effective fishing technique, left expanses of former coral gardens in rubble and diminished local fish catches. Source: Internet
The abalone feed on seaweed that has grown naturally on the abitats, with the ecosystem enrichment of the bay also resulting in growing numbers of dhufish, pink snapper, wrasse, and Samson fish, among other species. Source: Internet
One species of fish, the Kobudai wrasse, can change sex from female to male, so the sexual prey becomes the sexual predator. Source: Internet