A small wrasse (fish) of the tropical eastern Atlantic, the large males of which have a blue head and green body with vertical stripes, and the females and smaller males are predominantly yellowish.
隆头鱼
Thalassoma bifasciatum, family Labridae
Example sentencesExamples
Cleaning is not limited to the Labroides genus however; young bluehead and young Spanish hogfish in the Bahamas have also been observed cleaning larger fishes.
Adult blueheads feed primarily on zooplankton and many small benthic organisms.
I've seen creek chub out there before, but not blueheads.
I have seen many female blueheads in with breeding colored males and never noticed a significant change in coloration.
He was out early on the bright frosty morning and he had a good ‘plug’ of blueheads on his line when he caught the 9 lbs. of fish.
Definition of bluehead in US English:
bluehead
nounˈblo͞oˌhed
A small wrasse (fish) of the tropical eastern Atlantic that is sometimes kept in aquariums. Large males have a blue head and green body with vertical stripes in between, and females and smaller males are predominantly yellowish.
隆头鱼
Thalassoma bifasciatum, family Labridae
Example sentencesExamples
He was out early on the bright frosty morning and he had a good ‘plug’ of blueheads on his line when he caught the 9 lbs. of fish.
I've seen creek chub out there before, but not blueheads.
I have seen many female blueheads in with breeding colored males and never noticed a significant change in coloration.
Adult blueheads feed primarily on zooplankton and many small benthic organisms.
Cleaning is not limited to the Labroides genus however; young bluehead and young Spanish hogfish in the Bahamas have also been observed cleaning larger fishes.