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Noun1.bluehead - small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
Thalassoma bifasciatum
wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
genus Thalassoma, Thalassoma - a genus of Labridae


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The species of fish discussed in this chapter, the bluehead wrasse, exhibits both unidirectional sex change and multiple male phenotypes.
Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding by Hershberger, Scott L. / The Journal of Sex Research
Yet others, such as the common bluehead wrasse, reverse sex and have two very different types of males.
Fishy sex: uncovering the wild ways of fish by Adler, Tina / Science News
Warner of the University of California, Santa Barbara, believes the results of his work with bluehead wrasses, fish inhabiting coral reefs north of Panama, should generally caution scientists against explaining mating habits solely on the basis of the distribution of food and other resources.
Fish learn their facts of life from elders by Knox, Charles / Science News
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