Common Name	Scientific Name
	Splended Leopard/Vermiculite Wrasse (Female)	Macropharyngodon bipartitus
	Splended Leopard/Vermiculite Wrasse (Male)	Macropharyngodon bipartitus
	Lemon Meringue/Whitebelly  Wrasse	Halichoeres leucoxanthus/chrysus
	White/Threespot Wrasse	Halichoeres Trispilus
	Dusky/Saddled Rainbowfish	Halichoeres marginatus
	Zigzag/Brownbanded Wrasse	Halichoeres scapularis
	Nebulous Wrasse/Saddled Rainmbowfish	Halichoeres nebulosus
	Bluespotted/Green Wrasse	Anampses caeruleopunctatus
	Speckled/Spotted wrasse	Anampses meleagrides
	Lined Wrasse	Anampses lineatus
	Indian Ocean Pinstriped/Vroliks Wrasse	Halichoeres vrolikii/melanurus
	Adorned Wrasse (Female)	Halichoeres  Cosmetus
	Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse/Cleanerfish	Labroides Dimidiatus
	Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse, Bicolor Cleanerfish	Labroides bicolour
	Green Birdmouth/Bird Wrasse (Male)	Gomphosus caeruleus
	Green Birdmouth/Bird Wrasse, (Female)	Gomphosus caeruleus
	Two-tone/Bluntheaded Wrasse	Thalassoma  amblycephalum
	Sixbar Wrasse, Parrotfish	Thalassoma hardwicke
	Moon Wrasse	Thalassoma lunare
	Fivestripe/Red-ribbon Wrasse	Thalassoma quinquevittatum
	Jansen's Wrasse	Thalassoma jansenii
	Exquisite Wrasse (Female)	Cirrhilabrus  exquisitus
	Exquisite Wrasse (Male)	Cirrhilabrus  exquisitus
	Red Velvet/Rosy-scales Fairy Wrasse (Female)	Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis
	Red Velvet/Rosy-scales Fairy Wrasse (Male)	Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis
	McCosker's/Flasher Wrasse	Paracheilinus  mccoskeri
	Six-line/Sixstripe Wrasse	Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
	Coral Hogfish, Axilspot hogfish	Bodianus axillaris
	Diana’s/Indian Diana's Hogfish (Adult)	Bodianus Diana
	Diana’s/Indian Diana's Hogfish (Juvenile)	Bodianus Diana
	Yellow Hogfish	Bodianus bimaculatus
	Blacksaddle Hogfish	Bodianus bilunulatus
	African Clown Wrasse, African coris (Adult)	Coris cuvieri
	African Clown Wrasse, African coris (Juvenile)	Coris cuvieri
	Dragon/Reindeer/Rockmover Wrasse (Adult)	Novaculichthys taeniourus
	Dragon/Reindeer/Rockmover Wrasse (Juvenile)	Novaculichthys taeniourus
	Queen/Red White Wrasse, (Adult)	Coris Formosa, Coris frerei
	Queen/Red White Wrasse (Juvenile)	Coris Formosa, Coris frerei
	Bluelined/Scarletbanded Ribbonfish	Stethojulis albovittata
	Blackedge Thicklip Wrasse	Hemigymnus melapterus

Description

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Protrusible mouth. Most jaw teeth with gaps between them; teeth usually jutting outward. Dorsal fin 8-21 spines (usually less than15), 6-21 soft rays. Anal fin 4-6 spines (often 3), 7-18 soft rays. Cycloid scales, generally large to moderate, 25-80 along the side (may be small and over 100 if small. Lateral line interrupted or continuous. Vertebrae 23-42. Snout elongated in the genus Gomphosus. Size, shape and color very diversified. Most species are sand burrowers; carnivores on benthic invertebrates; also planktivores, and some small species remove ectoparasites of larger fishes. Most species change color and sex with growth, from an initial phase (IP) of both males and females, the latter able to change sex into an often brilliantly colored terminal male phase (TP). Males dominate several females; all Indo-Pacific species are pelagic spawners. Most species do well in aquaria, and young Coris are particularly popular. Maximum length about 2.3 m, many are less than 15 cm, the shortest being 4.5 cm. Medium to large species are important food fishes.

The family Labridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 60 genera and 500 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is labriform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name: Latin, labrum = furious