---
title: "Dreilappen-Lippfisch"
description: "Cheilinus trilobatus — Fische. The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tripletail-maori-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dreilappen-Lippfisch

> Cheilinus trilobatus — Fische. The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.

- Scientific name: *Cheilinus trilobatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1865
- Wikidata: [Q1043443](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043443)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97311](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97311)

## Names

- en: Tripletail Maori Wrasse
- de: Dreilappen-Lippfisch
- es: Maorí chocolate
- fr: Labre à triple queue

## Countries with the most observations

ID (218), AU (155), MV (147), PF (104), PH (96), FJ (93), SC (64), RE (50), TW (50), TH (45), MU (40), MY (40)

## Summary

The tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripletail_wrasse

## Photo

![Dreilappen-Lippfisch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tripletail-maori-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381584250

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tripletail-maori-wrasse?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).