Dr. Rick Stuart-Smith, Reef Life Survey, Australien
Info
(Whitley, 1945)
Halichoeres brownfieldi is a wrasse endemic to southwestern Australia, from the Great Australian Bight to Ningaloo Reef, and lives in macroalgae reefs with adjacent seagrass zones and in clear waters of patch reefs.
Grouping is the exception rather than the rule for wrasses, but adults and larger juveniles of Halichoeres brownfieldi form large schools.
The formation of swarms is a protective behavior that provides protection for the individual animal in the large mass, as if one can no longer see the forest for the trees and predators are confused by the multitude of glittering and shiny bodies.
Wrasses are green to brownish with a broad white stripe tapering from the head to the base of the tail, running below the eye in the lower part of the body.
Above the white stripe is a darker stripe containing two rows of black spots.
Two rows of small light dotted lines run down the back, and a small eye spot can be seen at the end of the dorsal fin and centrally at the base of the tail.
As with all wrasses, Halichoeres brownfieldi can change sex and is one of the few wrasses that actively breed.
The protected animals do not reach the German specialized trade.
The species was named after Edward John Brownfield, the acting Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game in Perth.
Synonym:
Choerojulis brownfieldi Whitley, 1945
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Halichoeres (Genus) > Halichoeres brownfieldi (Species)
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
Halichoeres brownfieldi is a wrasse endemic to southwestern Australia, from the Great Australian Bight to Ningaloo Reef, and lives in macroalgae reefs with adjacent seagrass zones and in clear waters of patch reefs.
Grouping is the exception rather than the rule for wrasses, but adults and larger juveniles of Halichoeres brownfieldi form large schools.
The formation of swarms is a protective behavior that provides protection for the individual animal in the large mass, as if one can no longer see the forest for the trees and predators are confused by the multitude of glittering and shiny bodies.
Wrasses are green to brownish with a broad white stripe tapering from the head to the base of the tail, running below the eye in the lower part of the body.
Above the white stripe is a darker stripe containing two rows of black spots.
Two rows of small light dotted lines run down the back, and a small eye spot can be seen at the end of the dorsal fin and centrally at the base of the tail.
As with all wrasses, Halichoeres brownfieldi can change sex and is one of the few wrasses that actively breed.
The protected animals do not reach the German specialized trade.
The species was named after Edward John Brownfield, the acting Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game in Perth.
Synonym:
Choerojulis brownfieldi Whitley, 1945
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Halichoeres (Genus) > Halichoeres brownfieldi (Species)
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
