In the oceans lies a huge amount of unique inhabitants, most of whom are still little understood.One of them - the fish-Napoleon.
The largest member of the genus is the Maori wrasse napoleon fish.On average, the adult weighs up to 200 kg and a length of up to two meters.The duration of her life more than 50 years.Thanks characteristic growths on the head, which resembles a headdress of the French Emperor, and got its name napoleon fish, the photo is proof.
Interestingly, quite a few representatives of the wrasse, including the napoleon fish, the nature of hermaphrodites.Most males are born female and have the ability to spawn.And after, around the age of nine, they replace their sexual identity, significantly increase in size, change color and are engaged in the protection of their offspring.
napoleon fish is very curious and so easily in contact with the person.If it is often met with him, then she had triggered the memory, and it eventually gets used to him.
wrasse Puberty takes up to 5-7 years.Most Maori traditional fish breeding method: going to a few hundred individuals in a group and form a pair.The female after mating in the shallow water lay eggs, which then carries over.
napoleon fish has a distinguishing feature from other fish - a night's sleep.And in order to avoid falling prey to marine predators during sleep, wrasses are hiding in their shelters - caves reefs for coral protrusions or burrow into the sand, and some individuals envelop themselves in a slimy cocoon.
As already noted above, Maori wrasse, although harmless and very friendly, but unfortunately, people do not always behave the same way.The meat of these huge fish is a delicacy, respectively, of these dishes is expensive - and a favorite treat of gourmets.Gradually, the demand for wrasse is increasing.
This amazing fish listed as endangered.But, unfortunately, more and more poachers engaged in illegal catching.If and further continues, the fish population Napoleon will be in danger, because the catch is mainly large representatives, who underwent a sex change and become males, and the females can not reproduce alone.
Napoleon fish has almost no enemies, only exceptions are some of the larger species of sharks.Despite his good nature, they are real predators, which are the main prey of crabs, starfish, mollusks, they hunt only during the day as at night sleep.Hard shells victims are not a problem for sharp like nails, teeth, lip crack corals help powerful jaws.
napoleon fish - one of the few inhabitants of the coral reefs, feeding on corals and hunting for sea birds, shellfish, sea urchins, the crown of thorns.Unfortunately, their numbers are rapidly decreasing, over the past thirty years, it decreased almost twice.
