Threadfin wrasse

Amazing fact

Male threadfin wrasses shine blue during the breeding season.

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Threadfin wrasse in its habitat (illustration)

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An illustration based on the real animal.

A little discovery to share.

Male threadfin wrasses shine blue during the breeding season.

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Threadfin wrasse

Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus temminckii
Japanese name: イトヒキベラ
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus

Facts about the real animal.

A wrasse whose body colors are beautiful, especially in males.

鳥羽水族館 — イトヒキベラ

It lives in seas with rocky reefs and coral reefs.

鳥羽水族館 — イトヒキベラ

It lives around Kyushu, along the Pacific coast south from Chiba, in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the western Pacific and off western Australia.

鳥羽水族館 — イトヒキベラ

How the Threadfin wrasse lives

It lives in midwater in places with good water flow. It feeds on zooplankton in the water. It forms groups of males and females. It can change sex from female to male.

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Basic data

Range: Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, Taiwan, western Pacific, western Australia, and elsewhere

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Where the Threadfin 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: イトヒキベラ
简体中文: 丁氏丝鳍鹦鲷
繁體中文: 丁氏絲鰭鸚鯛
한국어: 실용치
Português (Brasil): Bodião-fada-japonês
Русский: Алый циррилабрус

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 — イトヒキベラChecked: 2026-11-04
新潟市水族館マリンピア日本海 — イトヒキベラChecked: 2026-11-07
宇久井ビジターセンター — イトヒキベラ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.

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