Family

Labridae

155 species · Animals

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Purple Wrasse

Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840)

Notolabrus fucicola is the largest wrasse in New Zealand waters, found in Australia and New Zealand's temperate coastal reefs.

Crimsonband Wrasse

Notolabrus gymnogenis (Günther, 1862)

Notolabrus gymnogenis is a wrasse from eastern Australia that shifts its range deeper as ocean temperatures warm.

Green Wrasse

Notolabrus inscriptus (Richardson, 1848)

Notolabrus inscriptus, the inscribed wrasse, is a territorial carnivorous wrasse found in the South Pacific near Australia and New Zealand.

Brownspotted Wrasse

Notolabrus parilus (Richardson, 1850)

Notolabrus parilus, the brownspotted wrasse, is a protogynous hermaphrodite wrasse species found in coastal southern Australian waters.

Bluethroat Wrasse

Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840)

Notolabrus tetricus, the blue throated wrasse, is a species of wrasse endemic to the coastal waters of southeastern Australia.

Senator Wrasse

Pictilabrus laticlavius (Richardson, 1840)

Pictilabrus laticlavius is a fish species endemic to temperate coastal waters of southern Australia, with distinct male and female/juvenile colouration.

Painted Rainbow Wrasse

Suezichthys arquatus Russell, 1985

Suezichthys arquatus (rainbow slender wrasse) is a small marine wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Slippery Dick

Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)

Halichoeres bivittatus, the slippery dick wrasse, is a small reef-associated wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean with distinct life phase coloration and variable spawning behavior.

Puddingwife Wrasse

Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Halichoeres radiatus, the puddingwife wrasse, is a western Atlantic wrasse species found on reefs with minor commercial and aquarium use.

Yellowhead Wrasse

Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839)

Halichoeres garnoti, the yellowhead wrasse, is a small sex-changing reef fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean with variable life-stage coloration.

Twospot Wrasse

Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz, 1960

Halichoeres biocellatus, the red-lined wrasse, is a small Pacific reef wrasse mimicked by juvenile slender groupers.

Pastel-green Wrasse

Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)

Halichoeres chloropterus, the pastel-green wrasse, is a Pacific wrasse species found in shallow reef areas, fished locally and sold in aquariums.

Canary Wrasse

Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981

Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981 is a small yellow wrasse native to the central Indo-Pacific that lives on reef slopes down to 30 m.

Claudia's Wrasse

Halichoeres claudia Randall & Rocha, 2009

Halichoeres claudia, the Christmas wrasse, is a Labridae wrasse species found across the southwestern Pacific and isolated parts of the Indian Ocean.

Checkerboard Wrasse

Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)

Halichoeres hortulanus, the checkerboard wrasse, is a small Indo-Pacific reef fish with changing sex and coloration over its lifetime.

Clown Wrasse

Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Halichoeres maculipinna is a small wrasse species native to the northwestern Atlantic that lives in reefs and rocky areas.

Pinstriped Wrasse

Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851)

Halichoeres melanurus, the tail-spot wrasse, is a small western Pacific wrasse popular in the aquarium trade with distinct color differences between sexes.

Cloud Wrasse

Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Halichoeres nebulosus, the nebulous wrasse, is a small reef wrasse from the Indo-West Pacific that appears in the aquarium trade.

Blackear Wrasse

Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867)

Halichoeres poeyi (blackear wrasse) is a small western Atlantic wrasse species sold in the aquarium trade, with a 1000-fish annual quota per company in Brazil.