Red breasted lipfish
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Red breasted lipfish ( cheilinus fasciatus ) |
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The red breasted lipfish ( Cheilinus fasciatus ) lives in the coral reefs of the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa, across the coasts of Madagascar to Micronesia , Samoa and the Ryūkyū Islands at depths of 4 to 60 meters.
features
Its beefy shape resembles a grouper . Red breasted lipfish grow to be 40 to 50 centimeters long. The basic color is whitish with gray, vertical bands. Large fully-grown specimens have bright red zones on the chest, behind the gill covers and on the fins, males have long, drawn out caudal fin rays. Small juvenile fish resemble the small cave lipfish of the genus Wetmorella in shape and design with vertical white stripes . However, they are not colored red, but gray.
The long dorsal fin is supported by 9 hard rays and 10 soft rays, the anal fin has 3 hard and 8 soft rays.
Way of life
Red breasted lipfish live in coral-covered lagoons and outer reefs with sandy zones covered by rubble. They are territorial loners, and feed on bottom-dwelling, hard-shelled invertebrates such as molluscs , crustaceans, and sea urchins . When foraging for food, they often accompany other fish that rummage through the ground. Young fish often live on the reef edges over muddy ground with sandy zones and algae growth.
literature
- Helmut Debelius , Rudie H. Kuiter : Wrasse. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3973-1 .
- Hans A. Baensch , Helmut Debelius, Horst Moosleitner: The common care of invertebrates and tropical marine fish in the aquarium. Mergus, Melle 1997, ISBN 3-88244-110-0 ( Sea Water Atlas. Volume 1).
- Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world. Year, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-86132-112-2 .
- Dieter Eichler, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish. Central Indo-Pacific. Year, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86132-225-0 .
Web links
- Red breasted lipfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Cheilinus fasciatus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Shea, S. & Liu, M., 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2014.