RikRaeder
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Can anyone please help me out. Saw a very large (90kg) Napoleon fish the other day, but can't find it in my fish book. Are there any other common names, or does anyone know the scientific name for these fish? Thanks.
Napoleon Fish, aka ...?
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deborahdelamar
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AKA: Napoleon Wrasse Scientific Name: Cheilinus undulates
Hank49
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Did it look like this? Photograph of Napoleon Wrasse (also known as Maori or Humphead Wrasse), Taken in the Red Sea
Sorry I couldn't just post the picture.
Sorry I couldn't just post the picture.
Hank49
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The Napoleon is kind of an odd ball member of the wrasse family. Most of the many species are about the size of your hand or smaller and are recognizable by their swimming, only using their pectoral fins...unless frightened.
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