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Related FAQs: Labropsis Wrasses, Wrasses, Wrasse
Selection, Wrasse Behavior, Wrasse Compatibility, Wrasse
Feeding, Wrasse Diseases,
Related Articles: The Diversity of Wrasses, Family
Labridae, Cook Islands Wrasses,
/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist
Tubelip
Wrasses,
the Genus Labropsis
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by Bob Fenner
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Labropsis australis |
Labropsis "Tubelip" Wrasse are a genus of
sometimes good, often times easily lost, very
attractive fishes that stay attractively small (the largest to six inches or so).
Unfortunately only one of five species are seen on any regular basis. The other three
(Allen’s Wrasse, Labropsis alleni Randall 1981, the Micronesian Wrasse, Labropsis
australis Randall 1981, the Southern Tubelip,
the Oriental Wrasse, Labropsis manabei Schmidt 1931, Labropsis
micronesica Randall 1981, the Micronesian Wrasse are just as desirable for peaceful fish-only
systems.
| Labropsis alleni Randall 1981, Allen's Tubelip
Wrasse. Indo-Australian; Philippines, Marshall's, Solomon's, Indonesia. To
10 cm. Fishbase
link. Adults likely feed on coral polyps, juveniles are facultative
cleaners. N. & S. Sulawesi pix. |
 
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| Labropsis manabei Schmidt 1931, Northern Tubelip
Wrasse. Western Pacific; Southern Japan, Philippines, Indonesia. To 10 cm.
Fishbase
link. N. & S. Sulawesi pix. |
 
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| Labropsis polynesica Randall 1981, Eastern Central
Pacific. |
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| Labropsis xanthonata Randall 1981, the Comet, Yellowback or V-Tail Tubelip Wrasse
(3). An
expensive addition from the South Pacific. Maldives image of juvenile stage,
aquarium image of adult. |
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