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title: "Cigar Wrasse"
description: "Cheilio inermis — Vissen. The cigar wrasse, Cheilio inermis, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cigar-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cigar Wrasse

> Cheilio inermis — Vissen. The cigar wrasse, Cheilio inermis, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Cheilio inermis*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1685
- Wikidata: [Q199358](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199358)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97312](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97312)

## Names

- en: Cigar Wrasse
- de: Zigarren-Lippfisch
- es: Lábrido cigarro
- fr: Labre-cigare

## Countries with the most observations

AU (237), ID (216), EG (208), US (157), PH (145), FJ (90), NF (55), PF (42), MU (31), SC (25), NC (24), TW (24)

## Summary

The cigar wrasse, Cheilio inermis, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean. They are usually about 10cm in length, with some rare reports of cigar wrasses growing to be 50 cm. They have a long cylindrical, eel-like body shape referred to as anguilliform and have elongated dorsal and anal fins. They are often seen off the coast of Australia, the eastern seaboard of Africa, and India. They are primarily observed in, and occupy, reef habitats. Their coloration can vary widely to include yellow, brown, white, black, red, and stripes of all colors. Juvenile cigar wrasses have the same coloration as adults…

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

## Photo

![Cigar Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cigar-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137622389

## Machine access

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