Conservation of Humphead Wrasses - WWF Conservation Projects (sitios de interés)

Juvenile Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) - far left and far right, kept in water tanks before being sold to customers. Fish market, Hong Kong. China. © WWF-Canon / Michèle DEPRAZ

The Humphead wrasse, a coral fish, listed as "vulnerable" on the 1996 IUCN Red List, is the most valuable fish in the Live Reef Food Fish (LRFF) trade, supplying luxury markets in China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Taiwan and elsewhere. The fish is often taken during its juvenile stage either directly for sale or increasingly for grow-out to market size. This fish is most particularly sensitive to fishing pressure. In most fished areas, average density and body size have dropped substantially. The fish has not been reared successfully in hatchery.

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