Napoleon

Family name: Labridae (wrasses)

Order name: Perciformes

Common name: Napoleon Wrasses are also

known as Napoleon

fish, Maori wrasse, and various other names

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus






Fish or Fish Napoleon Napoleon Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large reef fish families Labridae member

of, the size can reach 2 m and weight 190 kg. Napoleon fish are mainly found in coral reefs in the Indian

Ocean region and the Pacific Ocean. These fish have a reproductive pattern with the hermaphrodite protogini

distribution in the territorial waters of India-Pacific. Napoleon fish is a species of reef fish that have interesting

attraction for divers to enjoy a tour of the underwater world.

This fish is called an Australian by the name of Hump Head Maori Wrasse, which is distinguished because

the face has scratches resembling those Maori.Guratan-face decorations are creamy streaks (yellow milk)

that overlap each other on the nose and cheeks, then spread to the opposite end of the body and pectoral

fins. Plated body with a bright green color and at the top throughout all the fins brown. The length of these

fish can reach 1.5 meters. And some fish can reach sizes of up to 180 kg at the age of 50 years. When

young, pale napoleon fish with vertical stripes darker. Once mature, the color of his body became bluish

green with lines more clearly. Her lips were thickened kinds Mick Jagger lips. The top of his head was, in the

eye, a bump to the front. Because ponoknya it, people call him chief berponok Wrasse (Humphead wrasse).

His face has irregular stripes. Behind the eyes there are two short black lines. "Scratches" black facial

ornamentation resembles the Maori in New Zealand. Thus, napoleon fish also received another nickname,

Maori wrasse.