Southern Wrasse
Notolabrus fucicola
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 731
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Notolabrus fucicola, the banded parrotfish, blue wrasse, kelpie, New Zealand banded wrasse, purple parrotfish, saddled wrasse, Southern purple wrasse, Southern wrasse, winter bream or yellow-saddled wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Indian Ocean, off eastern Australia and all around New Zealand on rocky, weedy reef areas. Aging work in New Zealand suggested these wrasses can live at least 35 years.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Notolabrus fucicola”.