The most common wrasse in Victorian and Tasmanian waters. Adult males are strong fighters and provide for good sport. This species is also caught commercially with most live fish being sold to restaurants in Sydney

At a glance

Habitat Rocky reefs. Juveniles are found in shallow weed habitats in bays and estuaries. Adults are usually seen on deeper rocky reefs to depths of about 40 m but have been trawled from water down to 160 m
Size Can grow to around 50cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Widespread in south-eastern Australia, from about Newcastle (New South Wales) to about Port Lincoln (South Australia) and around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Widespread in south-eastern Australia, from about Newcastle (New South Wales) to about Port Lincoln (South Australia) and around Tasmania
Habitat
Rocky reefs. Juveniles are found in shallow weed habitats in bays and estuaries. Adults are usually seen on deeper rocky reefs to depths of about 40 m but have been trawled from water down to 160 m
Size
Can grow to around 50cm

Identification

Juveniles and females are a greenish-brown with a broad blackish bar around the middle of the body. As they grow, females become lighter behind the dark bar. Males have a bluish head, a blue throat, a distinct white band around the rear of the body, yellow pectoral and pelvic fins and a white caudal peduncle
Common Name Bluethroat Wrasse
Aliases Bluehead, Kelpie,
Origin Endemic
Conservation Least Concern
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderLabroidei
FamilyLabridae
SubfamilyLabrinae
GenusNotolabrus
SpeciesNotolabrus tetricus
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