4000 x 3000 px | 33,9 x 25,4 cm | 13,3 x 10 inches | 300dpi
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Northern section, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a wrasse that is mainly found in coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, or Napoleonfish. Adults are commonly found on steep coral reef slopes, channel slopes, and lagoon reefs in water 3 to 330 feet deep. They are opportunistic predators preying primarily on crustaceans, mollusks, fish, echinoderms. They are one of the few predators of toxic animals and have been reported preying on crown-of-thorns starfish. This species actively selects branching hard and soft corals and seagrasses at settlement. Adults prefer to occupy limited home ranges in more open habitat on the edges of reefs, channels, and reef passes. This example was photographed in the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, near Cairns at a depth of between 5-10 feet.
