Wrasse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wrasse
    n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and
         powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of
   the genus {Labrus}, of which several species are found in the
   Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of
   the species are bright-colored.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Among the European species are the ballan wrasse
         ({Labrus maculatus}), the streaked wrasse ({Labrus
         lineatus}), the red wrasse ({Labrus mixtus}), the
         comber wrasse ({Labrus comber}), the blue-striped, or
         cook, wrasse (see {Peacock fish}, under {Peacock}), the
         rainbow wrasse ({Labrus vulgaris}), and the seawife.
         [1913 Webster]