Cutribbon Wrasse
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The cutribbon wrasse changes sex from female to male.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Cutribbon Wrasse
- Scientific name
- Stethojulis terina
- Japanese name
- カミナリベラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Stethojulis
It is also listed under the scientific name Stethojulis interrupta terina.
How the Cutribbon Wrasse lives
It lives among boulders, on flat rocky areas and on sand, among other habitats. At night, it buries itself in the sand.
日本魚類学会新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海Basic data
- Range
- The northwestern Pacific Ocean
Where the Cutribbon 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
- カミナリベラ
- 简体中文
- 断纹紫胸鱼
- 繁體中文
- 斷紋紫胸魚
- 한국어
- 무지개놀래기
- Português (Brasil)
- Bodião-de-Sagami
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 — カミナリベラChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — カミナリベラChecked: 2026-11-07
- 日本魚類学会 — 伊豆海洋公園におけるホンベラとカミナリベラの場所利用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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