Canary wrasse
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Adult male canary wrasses develop pale red markings around their eyes.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Canary wrasse
- Scientific name
- Halichoeres chrysus
- Japanese name
- コガネキュウセン
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Halichoeres
Where the name “Canary wrasse” comes from
The scientific name chrysus comes from Greek and means golden.
Museums VictoriaA yellow fish that lives from the Pacific coast of southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands to the tropical eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Males have a black mark at the tip of the dorsal fin, while females have several black spots on the dorsal fin.
How the Canary wrasse lives
It lives among small isolated corals on sand, or on sandy and rubble-covered bottoms. It is usually seen alone. Small individuals favor places where they can hide, such as near stones.
Museums Victoria宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, tropical eastern Indian Ocean to western Pacific
Where the Canary 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
- コガネキュウセン
- 简体中文
- 黄身海猪鱼
- 繁體中文
- 黃身海豬魚
- Français
- Labre canari
- Deutsch
- Zitronen-Junker
- Português (Brasil)
- Bodião-dourado
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Keling kuning
- Русский
- Тамарин желтый
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 — コガネキュウセンChecked: 2026-11-04
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — コガネキュウセンChecked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria — Golden Wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus Randall 1981Checked: 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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