Bluntheaded wrasse
Amazing fact
Young bluntheaded wrasses have been seen cleaning the bodies of larger fish such as parrotfish.
沖縄美ら海水族館
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Young bluntheaded wrasses have been seen cleaning the bodies of larger fish such as parrotfish.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Bluntheaded wrasse
- Scientific name
- Thalassoma amblycephalum
- Japanese name
- コガシラベラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Thalassoma
Where the name “Bluntheaded wrasse” comes from
Its species name comes from the Greek words for “blunt” and “head”. The name is thought to refer to its rounded head.
Museums Victoria and OzFishNetIt lives from the Pacific coast of southern Japan, the Izu and Ogasawara Islands and the Ryukyu Islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Bluntheaded wrasse lives
It lives in shallow lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs. Small juveniles often stay close to the reef. Adults may form large schools between the seabed and the surface to feed on zooplankton.
Museums Victoria and OzFishNetBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, and Indian to Pacific oceans
Where the Bluntheaded 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
- コガシラベラ
- 简体中文
- 钝头锦鱼
- 繁體中文
- 鈍頭錦魚
- 한국어
- 색동놀래기
- Español
- Señorita Cabeza Azul
- Français
- Girelle-paon arc-en-ciel
- Deutsch
- Zweifarben-Lippfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Bodião-arco-íris-da-Barreira-de-Coral
- Italiano
- Labro bicolore
- Русский
- Талассома двухцветная
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 — コガシラベラChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria and OzFishNet — Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma amblycephalusChecked: 2026-11-07
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — コガシラベラ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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