Interesting Info The Bass Grouper is found worldwide in temperate seas, including southern Australia (from New South Wales to Western Australia, including Tasmania), though it is more common in the Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Its body is robust and bluish-grey,…
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Interesting Info The Hapuku is native to southern Australia and New Zealand, and also occurs around nearby islands in the southern Pacific. Its body is stout and bluish-grey, fading to silvery below, with irregular darker blotches, especially in younger fish….
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Interesting Info The Bullseye Wriggler is found widely across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa through Southeast Asia to northern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. Its body is slender and pale, marked with bold dark vertical…
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Interesting Info The Chiseltooth Wrasse is widespread across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia, northern Australia, and the central Pacific. It is named for its unique chisel-shaped teeth, which are perfect for scraping algae, coral…
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Interesting Info The Splendid Wrasse is recorded from the northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, south to Sydney, and around Lord Howe Island. Males in their terminal phase are brilliantly coloured, flashing green, blue, and yellow stripes with a…
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Interesting Info The Redband Wrasse is endemic to Australia, specifically ranging from Port Lincoln and the Investigator Group (islands) in South Australia to the Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia. It is most common in southwest WA. Male fish flash bright…
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Interesting Info Gunther’s Wrasse lives along Australia’s east coast, especially in Queensland and the southern Great Barrier Reef, where it prefers rocky reefs and coral slopes. Adults show striking colours with a blue-green body, a pink to reddish head, and…
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Interesting Info The Rosy Wrasse is a temperate reef fish found in southern Australia, ranging from Shark Bay in Western Australia across to Sydney in New South Wales, including Tasmania. Males are larger and brightly coloured, with a rich reddish-pink…
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Interesting Info The Cockerel Wrasse is found on coral and rocky reefs around Australia, especially along the eastern coast from Queensland to New South Wales, and in parts of Western Australia. Males are brilliantly coloured with bright blue and green…
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Interesting Info The Redspot Wrasse is a small reef fish found across the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and Queensland. It grows to about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length and is a slender,…
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Interesting Info The Silverstreak Wrasse is a tropical reef fish found across the Indo-Pacific and in northern Australia from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland, including the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. It grows to about 15…
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Interesting Info The Soela Wrasse is a small reef fish that is endemic to Western Australia, found mainly around the Houtman Abrolhos Islands and offshore reefs near Geraldton. Males are colourful, showing greenish-blue across the head, back, and dorsal fin…
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Interesting Info The Bluehead Wrasse is a brightly coloured reef fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, and reefs off Western Australia. Males stand out with a glowing blue head and throat,…
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Interesting Info The Sixbar Wrasse is a tropical reef fish found across the Indo-Pacific, including Australia from Western Australia across the Top End to Queensland, extending south into northern New South Wales and offshore islands like Lord Howe and Norfolk….
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Interesting Info Jansen’s Wrasse is a striking reef fish found in northern Australia from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland, including the Great Barrier Reef. They are one of the larger and more robust members of the genus…
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Interesting Info The Moon Wrasse is a colourful reef fish found widely across northern Australia from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland, reaching into northern New South Wales. Globally, it is common throughout the Indo-Pacific from East Africa…
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Interesting Info The Green Moon Wrasse, is widely distributed across northern Australia—from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland and northern New South Wales. Males are brightly coloured, with a vivid green to blue-green body, yellow facial crescent, and…
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Interesting Info The Surge Wrasse is one of the largest wrasses on Australian reefs, occurring across the tropical north from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and Queensland, including the Great Barrier Reef. Adult males are spectacularly coloured, with a…
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Interesting Info The Brownspotted Wrasse is a temperate reef fish found in southern Australia, ranging from Shark Bay in Western Australia across to New South Wales, including Tasmania. It is especially common in South Australia and Victoria, where kelp-covered reefs…
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Interesting Info The Bluethroat Wrasse is a temperate reef fish endemic to southern Australia, found from southern New South Wales through Victoria, Tasmania, and across to southern Western Australia. It is especially common around Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. Males…
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Interesting Info The Carpet Wrasse, is widely distributed across northern Australia, from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland. Its elongated body and strong fins allow it to dart quickly among rocks and rubble. Juveniles are among the most…
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Interesting Info The Southern Maori Wrasse is a temperate reef fish found in southern Australia, ranging from southern Queensland and New South Wales through Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and into southern Western Australia. It is most common around rocky reefs…
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Interesting Info The Filamentous Wrasse is a small, brightly coloured wrasse found across northern Australia from Western Australia to Queensland, including the Great Barrier Reef. It is named for the long, thread-like extensions on the dorsal fin of males, which…
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Interesting Info The Senator Wrasse is a temperate reef fish found across southern Australia, from Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and into southern Western Australia. Males are spectacularly patterned with bright red bars and green-blue highlights along their sides, a yellow…
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