Talk:Wrasse

Too many
Looking to the future, there are too many species (>500) to list on the Family page. Would there be any objection if I made a start on creating Genus pages, which would be more appropriate places to list species, & then remove the species list from this article? GrahamBould 20:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree there are two many wrasses to list all the species on one page, but I much prefer the vertical bulleted list, with indentation to show levels of classification as seen on Lethrinidae. How do you feel about changing the format of the list:

Shrek Fish
I expected to find something about the 'Shrek Fish' near Sado island —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.80.11.194 (talk) 17:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Genera

 * Subfamily Labridae
 * Genus ** Genus Lethrinus Cuvier, 1829
 * Genus Acantholabrus
 * Genus Achoerodus
 * Genus Ammolabrus
 * Genus Anampses
 * Genus Anchichoerops
 * Genus Austrolabrus
 * Genus Bodianus
 * Genus Centrolabrus
 * Genus Cheilinus
 * Genus Cheilio
 * Genus Choerodon
 * Genus Cirrhilabrus
 * Genus Clepticus
 * Genus Conniella
 * Genus Coris
 * Genus Ctenolabrus
 * Genus Cymolutes
 * Genus Decodon
 * Genus Diproctacanthus
 * Genus Doratonotus
 * Genus Dotalabrus
 * Genus Epibulus
 * Genus Eupetrichthys
 * Genus Frontilabrus
 * Genus Gomphosus
 * Genus Halichoeres
 * Genus Hemigymnus
 * Genus Hologymnosus
 * Genus Iniistius
 * Genus Julichthys
 * Genus Labrichthys
 * Genus Labroides
 * Genus Labropsis
 * Genus Labrus
 * Genus Lachnolaimus
 * Genus Lappanella
 * Genus Larabicus
 * Genus Leptojulis
 * Genus Macropharyngodon
 * Genus Malapterus
 * Genus Minilabrus
 * Genus Nelabrichthys
 * Genus Notolabrus
 * Genus Novaculichthys
 * Genus Novaculoides
 * Genus Ophthalmolepis
 * Genus Oxycheilinus
 * Genus Oxyjulis
 * Genus Paracheilinus
 * Genus Parajulis
 * Genus Pictilabrus
 * Genus Polylepion
 * Genus Pseudocheilinops
 * Genus Pseudocheilinus
 * Genus Pseudocoris
 * Genus Pseudodax
 * Genus Pseudojuloides
 * Genus Pseudolabrus
 * Genus Pteragogus
 * Genus Semicossyphus
 * Genus Stethojulis
 * Genus Suezichthys
 * Genus Symphodus
 * Genus Tautoga
 * Genus Tautogolabrus
 * Genus Terelabrus
 * Genus Thalassoma
 * Genus Wetmorella
 * Genus Xenojulis
 * Genus Xiphocheilus
 * Genus Xyrichtys

Also how do you feel about removing the "typical wrasse" from the box on the right. I think it's unnecessary, and belies the diversity of wrasses as a group.

Hwttdz (talk) 17:24, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Tool usage
Just found this article: "Fish known as wrasses are found to use tools". It's repeated in several more articles, so I assume its reliable. It applies to just the orange dotted tusk fish, but it's a wrasse and we don't have an article on the specific type of wrasse. Should this information be added to the article? It seems pretty significant. &mdash; Fr&epsilon;ckl&epsilon;fσσt | Talk 13:44, 29 September 2011 (UTC)