Wrasse
Amazing fact
Young Suezichthys gracilis have a black spot at the base of the tail fin.
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Young Suezichthys gracilis have a black spot at the base of the tail fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Wrasse
- Scientific name
- Suezichthys gracilis
- Japanese name
- イトベラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Suezichthys
It lives along the coasts of Japan from Aomori to Okinawa, and off the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, southern China and eastern Australia.
The tips of its pelvic fins stretch out a little like threads, and its Japanese name, "thread wrasse", is said to come from this.
Basic data
- Range
- Ogasawara Islands, Seto Inland Sea, Yakushima, Okinawa Island, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, eastern Australia, and elsewhere
Where the Wrasse has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イトベラ
- 简体中文
- 薄苏彝士鱼
- 繁體中文
- 細長蘇彝士隆頭魚
- 한국어
- 실놀래기
- Deutsch
- Schlanklippfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Bodião-alongado
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá mó vằn đuôi
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イトベラChecked: 2026-11-04
- 公益財団法人 環日本海環境協力センター — イトベラChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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