With sumptuous, fleshy lips and a bulbous, protruding forehead, the humphead wrasse is an unforgettable fish. This enormous, colorful coral-reef dweller is slow to reproduce, making it vulnerable to ...

Before deciding whether or not to fight another fish, cleaner wrasse check their own reflection in a mirror and size themselves up. First, Taiga Kobayashi at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan ...

New findings suggest bluestreak cleaner wrasse understand how their body size stacks up against a rival Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Bluestreak cleaner wrasse are small, territorial fish that ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has demonstrated that bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) check their body size in a mirror before choosing whether to attack fish that are ...

For example, in the mid-1980s, fishermen caught many parrot fish near Cook Island. The parrot fish are an integral part of the coral reef ecosystem because they eat the excess algae, which allows ...

A tiny species of fish checks itself out in the mirror before picking a fight, scientists have found. Researchers have discovered that the bluestreak cleaner wrasse – which is about the size of ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

A FISH species examines itself in the mirror before deciding whether to fight in what scientists call the first instance of animal self-awareness. The bluestreak cleaner wrasse is native to the ...

Parrot fish are available whole, gutted and frozen. They are available year round. Many reef-dwelling species are considered to be over-exploited. If you have concerns ask your fishmonger.

Tangs, parrot fish, striped damselfish, corals, wrasse, eels and leatherback turtles are a few marine creatures that draw in scuba divers and snorkelers. This west coast beach on the tiny Dutch ...

Mirror, mirror, in my tank, who's the biggest fish of all? Cleaner wrasse check their body size before fights due to having their own mental representation Date: September 11, 2024 Source: Osaka ...

With sumptuous, fleshy lips and a bulbous, protruding forehead, the humphead wrasse is an unforgettable fish. This enormous, colorful coral-reef dweller is slow to reproduce, making it vulnerable to ...