The slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator, is a species of wrasse with an astounding jaw. Its mouth can extend over half the length of the fish's body. The fish can protrude its jaws longer than ...

FEEDING: Using their ultra-tough teeth, humphead wrasse consume hard-shelled species such as mollusks, echinoderms, and crustaceans. These fish are one of the few predators of coral-reef-destroying ...

Once eaten only by royalty, humphead wrasse are today highly sought after in the luxury food industry of east Asia. And the global-warming-induced die-off of coral reefs is leaving this unique species ...

"These species come from different environments," De Bonville said. "The first two live in shallow coastal waters, at a depth of one or two meters, while the goldsinny wrasse inhabits deeper ...

For the experiment, the team used bluestreak cleaner wrasse, a species measuring more than 10 centimeters long that inhabits waters off Wakayama Prefecture and the southwestern Nansei Islands.

"We've known about other related fairy wrasses from the Indian Ocean, but always thought there was a missing species along the continent's eastern edge. When I saw this amazing purple fish ...