Back Labridae Afrikaans كيدميات Arabic لبروسيه ARZ Labridae AST Губанавыя Byelorussian Зеленушкови Bulgarian Làbrids Catalan Labridae CEB Labridae Corsican Pyskounovití Czech
| Wrasses | |
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| Moon wrasse, Thalassoma lunare, a typical wrasse | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae G. Cuvier, 1816 |
The wrasses are a family, the Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera.[1]
They are usually small fish, mostly less than 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, although the largest, the humphead wrasse, can measure up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft).
- ↑ Cowman, Peter F.; Bellwood, David R.; Van Herwerden, Lynne (2009). "Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (3): 621–631. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.015. PMID 19464378.