This is the largest of all the wrasse. It is found in dense reef areas, feeding on a wide variety of mollusks, fishes, sea urchins, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. In spite of its immense size, divers find it a very wary fish.
Edibility is considered poor.
Range is the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea. Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum 15.00 5.91 Found in coral reefs, rocky flats, reef sand, and seagrass habitats. It feeds on the parasites of other fish, who come to the wrasse to be cleaned. Most bluehead wrasses are yellow. Edibility is poor.