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WorldSix-line wrasse Small violet reef fish with six orange stripesReef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1857

🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreHumphead wrasse The largest reef-dwelling wrasse, known for its forehead hump and endangered status.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1801

OceaniaBluestreak cleaner wrasse A small reef fish that cleans parasites from larger marine animals.Reef fish · Coral reefs

WorldBird wrasse A long-snouted Indo-Pacific reef fish that changes sex.Reef fish · Coral reefs

WorldParrotfish Reef-dwelling wrasses with beak-like teeth that grind coral into sand.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

WorldWrasse A large family of colourful marine fish known for sex change and cleaning symbiosis.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Six-line wrasse: Lonnie Huffman, CC BY 3.0, source
Humphead wrasse: R Vasconcellos, CC BY 4.0, source
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bird wrasse: Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Parrotfish: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, source
Wrasse: Leonard Low, CC BY 2.0, source

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