Hemigymnus melapterus Blackedge thicklip wrasse, Blackeye thicklip wrasee, Half-and-half thicklip, Half-and-half wrasse, Half-half thicklip, Thick-lipped wrasse, Thicklip wrasse

Hemigymnus melapterus is commonly referred to as Blackedge thicklip wrasse, Blackeye thicklip wrasee, Half-and-half thicklip, Half-and-half wrasse, Half-half thicklip, Thick-lipped wrasse, Thicklip wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 4000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1567 

AphiaID:

218998 

Scientific:

Hemigymnus melapterus 

German:

Schwarzaugen Dicklippe, Lippfisch 

English:

Blackedge Thicklip Wrasse, Blackeye Thicklip Wrasee, Half-and-half Thicklip, Half-and-half Wrasse, Half-half Thicklip, Thick-lipped Wrasse, Thicklip Wrasse 

Category:

Wrasses 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Hemigymnus (Genus) > melapterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Ocean beach, Seashore, Reef flats, Reef-associated, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs 

Size:

39,6 cm 

Weight:

1.3 kg 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 84.2 °F (24,6°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Snails, Worms 

Tank:

879.91 gal (~ 4000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hemigymnus fasciatus
  Streifen-Bannerlippfisch
• 
  Hemigymnus melapterus
  Schwarzaugen Dicklippe, Lippfisch
• 
  Hemigymnus sexfasciatus
  Streifen-Bannerlippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-08-20 11:15:10 

Last edit:

2025-05-16 12:30:44 

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