One of the smaller of the wrasse species with three colour phases. Juveniles and females greenish to pale red with five irregular vertical bars on sides and a spot at the rear of the dorsal and anal fins. Males variable in colour, reddish to yellowish brown, orange or greenish, with four broken dark bars on sides, dark margins to the dorsal, anal and caudal fins and dark lines radiating from eye.

At a glance

Habitat can be found in seagrass beds and other seaweeds on rocky reefs out to a depth pf around 50m
Size Can grow to around 15cm long
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia from WA to Victoria including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from WA to Victoria including around Tasmania
Habitat
can be found in seagrass beds and other seaweeds on rocky reefs out to a depth pf around 50m
Size
Can grow to around 15cm long
Common Name Castelnau's Wrasse
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderLabroidei
FamilyLabridae
SubfamilyLabrinae
GenusDotalabrus
SpeciesDotalabrus aurantiacus
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