Orange-spotted Wrasse
Notolabrus parilus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,078
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The brownspotted wrasse (Notolabrus parilus), also known as the blue-spotted parrotfish, brown-spotted parrotfish and orangespotted wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indian Ocean off the western and southern coasts of Australia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brownspotted wrasse”.