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"While I was researching goatfish for the last column, I realized there is another group I have not paid enough attention to in my reef travels. Wrasses. This is a large and diverse family. Wrasses seem to be everywhere. They are quick and colorful. Perhaps some of the most vibrant colors on our reefs belong to the family of wrasses.
Worldwide there are over five hundred species of wrasse. Here we have about twenty. Most species are carnivorous, feeding on small crustaceans.
Creole wrasse, however, cruise the reef in large schools trolling for plankton. The largest school I’ve seen of creole wrasse has been on the south end of Molasses Reef between Fire Coral Cave and Permit Ledge, running out past the pillar coral spot. This is the same place we consistently see schools of horse eye jack, chub and barracuda.
Puddingwife and bar jacks hunt together from time to time. Bar jacks and puddingwife wrasses form teams, and both benefit from the association. In the bar jack’s case, a threefold in increase in biting behavior was observed during the joint foraging. They were more efficient eating small benthic invertebrates than going after fish on their own, their normal prey. Puddingwife search and bite activity also increased during the time spent with a bar jack."
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Tim Grollimund
Tim spent nearly a decade in Key Largo, Florida. He wrote the scuba diving column for the local newspaper, The Reporter, for over three years, and also served as a Working Group member and Alternate Representative on the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. His ebooks are all based on his newspaper columns. Each ebook has a collection of underwater images shot by Tim. The ebooks cover a wide range of marine life species and ocean conservation topics.
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Wrasses - Tim Grollimund
Wrasses: the Smartest Fish?
Tim Grollimund
Author: Tim Grollimund
Date Published: June 13, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-3703545-4-2
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Copyright © Apex Global Solutions LLC 2017. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the prior and express written permission of the copyright holder. All inquiries via timgrollimund.com
Table of Contents
Wrasses: the Smartest Fish?
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Reporter
Wrasses
About The Author
Other eBooks, Prints and Keepsakes
Articles I used to write this column
Acknowledgments
To Dad, who knew I loved the sea, and always encouraged me to pursue my passion.
Introduction
When I moved to the Florida Keys in 2009, I had one objective in mind. Simply, to become
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