Interesting Info The Oneline Wrasse, also known as the Tubelip Wrasse, is a small reef fish found widely across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Western Australia’s offshore reefs, Lord Howe Island, and the Cocos (Keeling)…
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Interesting Info The Pinstripe Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus evanidus, is a small reef wrasse distributed across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and north-western Western Australia. The body is reddish to purplish with…
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Interesting Info The Sixline Wrasse, is a small reef wrasse widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and northern parts of Western Australia. It usually grows to 8–10 cm (3–4…
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Interesting Info The Japanese Wrasse, is a coral reef fish found across the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia, particularly on the Great Barrier Reef. Males are brightly coloured with a pale blue to…
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Interesting Info The Common Cleanerfish, is one of the most recognisable reef fish in the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, northern Western Australia, and the islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its body is slender and…
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Interesting Info The Breastspot Cleanerfish, is a tropical wrasse found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and parts of Indonesia. Its most distinctive feature is the large oval black spot…
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Interesting Info The Southern Tubelip, is a small wrasse found in northern Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, and offshore reefs of Western Australia, as well as parts of the broader Indo-Pacific. Its most distinctive feature is its…
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Interesting Info The Yellowback Tubelip, is a small wrasse found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and west to the Maldives. Adults are easily identified by their bright…
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Interesting Info The Shoulderspot Wrasse, is a reef-associated species widely distributed across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, and offshore islands such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). The species is named for…
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Interesting Info The Eastern Leopard Wrasse, is a strikingly patterned wrasse found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Lord Howe Island, and northern Western Australia. The species is renowned for its leopard-like pattern: males are…
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Interesting Info The Black Leopard Wrasse, is a beautifully patterned reef wrasse found across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Adults have a dark brown to black…
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Interesting Info The Ornate Leopard Wrasse, is a beautifully patterned wrasse found in the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and extending west to the Maldives. Males are brilliantly coloured with a green to turquoise body…
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Interesting Info The Purple Wrasse, is a temperate reef wrasse found across southern Australia and around New Zealand, favouring rocky reefs and kelp beds in cooler waters. In Australia, it occurs from southern New South Wales through Victoria, Tasmania and…
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Interesting Info The Crimsonband Wrasse, is a temperate reef wrasse found along the east coast of Australia, from southern Queensland through New South Wales and into eastern Victoria and Tasmania. Adult males are strikingly coloured, with a dark brown to…
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Interesting Info The Cloud Wrasse, is a small reef wrasse found across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, and offshore islands such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). The species is named for…
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Interesting Info The Silty Wrasse, is a small to medium wrasse found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, and offshore islands such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). The species is named for…
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Interesting Info The Zigzag Wrasse, is a brightly patterned wrasse found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, and offshore islands such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). The species is named for…
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Interesting Info The Threespot Wrasse, is a reef-associated wrasse found widely across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, and offshore territories such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The species is named…
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Interesting Info The Fiveband Wrasse, is a giant of the reef world. In Australia it lives from Western Australia across the tropical north, all the way down to New South Wales and even Lord Howe Island. Adults wear bold vertical…
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Interesting Info The Thicklip Wrasse, is a big, heavy-bodied wrasse found across the Indo-Pacific. In Australia it lives from mid-Western Australia across the tropical north and along the Great Barrier Reef, south to northern New South Wales and Lord Howe…
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Interesting Info The Ring Slender Wrasse, is a long, torpedo-shaped wrasse found across the tropical Indo-Pacific. In Australia it occurs along the northern coast from Western Australia to Queensland, including the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Males are especially…
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Interesting Info The Whiteblotch Razorfish, is a reef-associated wrasse found across the tropical Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, and offshore islands such as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). Adults are named for the distinct pale…
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Interesting Info The Leaf Wrasse, also called the Blackspot Razorfish, is a bizarre-looking wrasse found across the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, and offshore islands like Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). Its body is extremely compressed…
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Interesting Info The Blue Razorfish, also called the Peacock or Knife Razorfish—is a sleek, blade-shaped wrasse found across the Indo-Pacific. In Australia, it’s seen from WA’s north coast through the Great Barrier Reef and south to New South Wales and…
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