Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Cheilinus > Cheilinus trilobatus

Cheilinus trilobatus (Maori wrasse; Trilobed maori wrasse; Triple-tail maori; Tripletail Maori wrasse; Triple-tail maori wrasse; Tripletail wrasse; Triple-tail wrasse; Wrasse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cheilinus trilobatus, commonly called the Tripletail wrasse, is a saltwater fish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Echinometra mathaei (Indo-pacific borer urchin)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Balistapus undulatus (redlined triggerfish)1
Coris aygula (redthroated rainbowfish)1
Coris formosa (Red wrasse)1
Pseudobalistes fuscus (yellowspotted triggerfish)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pyriproboscis heronensis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Fish predators and scavengers of the sea urchin Echinometra mathaei in Kenyan coral-reef marine parks, Timothy R. McClanahan, Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: 187-193, 1995.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0