Fish With Big Forehead

29  Dec,2023

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Redcap Oranda Goldfish have a red cap, almost like a hood, on their heads. Because of the cap location, it’s considered an amazing fish with a big forehead, with the red forehead-growth looking like a raspberry.

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Redcap Oranda Goldfish

A dolphinfish, or Mahi-Mahi, prefers warm water and lives in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. It has a blunt face, a large forehead, a forked tail fin, and a big body.

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Dolphinfish or Mahi-Mahi

You can find California Sheephead in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the California coast. They thrive in rocky reefs in the kelp beds and have distinctive red and black coloring and a large forehead.

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California Sheephead

A Barreleye Fish is extraordinary because its eyes are glowing green orbs, and it has a transparent, slightly blue dome at the top of its head. They eat jellies, tiny crustaceans, and plankton. 

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Barreleye Fish

Asian Sheepshead Wrasses are found in the rocky reefs of the western Pacific Ocean near China and Japan, although sometimes they are spotted in South Korea. These fish have huge foreheads and prominent chins, can grow to 39 inches long, and weigh up to 32 pounds.

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Asian Sheepshead Wrasse

Napoleon Wrasse or Humphead Wrasse lives in coral reefs near the east coast of Africa. They’re commonly found in Madagascar and sometimes in the Pacific Ocean. 

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Napoleon Wrasse (Humphead Wrasse)

Green Humphead Parrotfish live in reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Their mouths have a small bill, like a parrot, and a large hump on the forehead. These fish can reach 4.9 feet long and weigh nearly 165 pounds.

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Green Humphead Parrotfish

The Flowerhorn Cichlid is a freshwater fish with a huge protrusion, like a big forehead. It has a square body shape and white or yellow eyes, adding to its unique appearance.

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Flowerhorn Cichlid

Lionhead Cichlids are native to eastern Africa but often live in South America’s Amazon region. They are typically blue or olive-green, and the males develop a hump that looks like a big forehead. 

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Lionhead Cichlid

The Front Cichlid lives in eastern Africa and is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It can grow to just over one foot long in the wild and a tank, and it has distinct black vertical lines on a white or blue body. 

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Frontosa Cichlid