Big Fish
Napoleon (Humphead) Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus · Bony fish, family Labridae
Every great Indo-Pacific reef has its Napoleon, and divers learn them by name. The fish is unmistakable: a wardrobe-sized wrasse in chalkboard green scribbled with maze lines, thick lips set in permanent diplomacy, the adult's forehead hump rising like a bicorne hat. It ambles rather than swims, pausing to crunch an urchin or turn a heavy eye on the dive group. Old individuals at Blue Corner or Shark Reef treat humans as familiar furniture. The species pays for that trusting bulk: prized as a luxury live-reef food fish, it has been stripped from much of Southeast Asia, and the big tame residents of protected reefs are now among its safest populations.
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"상주종"은 해당 목적지에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 뜻이고, "계절종"은 표기된 달에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 계획이 아닌 보너스로 여기세요.
| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharm El Sheikh & Ras MohammedEgypt | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| PalauPalau | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Sipadan & MabulMalaysia | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Cairns & the Ribbon ReefsAustralia | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| North & South Malé AtollsMaldives | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 |
한눈에 보는 최적의 달
이해하기
서식지: Outer reef slopes, channels, and lagoon passes; sleeps in caves and returns to favored ranges for decades
범위: Indo-Pacific coral reefs from the Red Sea and East Africa through Southeast Asia and Micronesia to the central Pacific
행동 특성: A slow-cruising reef monarch, usually solitary, patrolling with pectoral-fin rowing strokes and an air of proprietorship. Naturally wary where fished; at protected sites like Ras Mohammed and Palau's channels, individuals become famously tame, inspecting divers eye to eye. Born mostly female, with dominant animals changing sex to male.
먹이: Mollusks, crustaceans, urchins, and toxic prey few others touch, crown-of-thorns starfish and boxfish included
크기: 보통 1.2 m; 최대 기록 수심 2.0 m (total length; the largest wrasse, with old males approaching 200 kg).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
No feeding (it distorted behavior badly at several famous sites), no touching, and let a curious fish make the approach. Report obviously missing 'resident' Napoleons to operators; they are individually known.
보존
Endangered and CITES-listed; the live reef-fish trade drove collapses across Southeast Asia, and enforcement plus site protection now underpin the strongholds divers visit.
관련 다이브 사이트 목록
강조 표시된 사이트는 편집팀이 해당 종에 대해 직접 등록한 곳이며, 숫자는 1990년 이후 사이트 기준 약 5km 이내에서 기록된 GBIF 출현 건수입니다.
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