Oriental Sweetlips cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Plectorhinchus vittatus, Labroides dimidiatus, South Male Atoll, Maldives

Blackspotted Puffer and Cleaner Wrasse, Arothron nigropunctatus, South Male Atoll, Maldives

Checkerboard Wrasse, Halichoeres hortulans, South Male Atoll, Maldives

Cuckoo Wrasse Labrus mixtus (male)

Cuckoo Wrasse Labrus mixtus (male)

Sandager's Wrasse, male (Coris sandageri). Poor Knights Island, New Zealand

western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.

Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus bimaculatus or L.mixtus) Male. Cornwall, UK Restricted resolution (Please contact us) (RR)

Cuckoo Wrasse male (Labrus mixtus), Sark, Channel Islands

Cuckoo Wrasse male (Labrus mixtus), Sark, Channel Islands

Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), large school of females and males feeding on coral reef, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Portrait of a male Yellowtail Coris (Coris gaimard) taken while scuba diving the Kona coast; Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America

This Yellowtail Coris (Coris gaimard) male turned towards me while scuba diving at Maui; Molokini Crater, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Hawaii, The bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius) is easily identified by it's long curved snout. This individual is a terminal male.

Hawaii, Psychedelic wrasse (Anampses chrysocephalus) with bright colored head.

Hawaii, Male belted wrasse (stethojulis balteata) gliding through the water.