Species ID
View AllBrownspotted Wrasse
( Notolabrus parilus )
Description
Other names
Male (terminal phase) featured above, female (initial phase) featured below.
Other names
Brown-spotted Wrasse, Brown Spotted Wrasse, Brown-spotted Parrotfish, Orangespotted Wrasse, Orange-spotted Wrasse, Blue-spotted Parrotfish
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- Is a member of the family Labridae (wrasses)
- Can grow to 49cm in length
- Endemic to Australia’s southern temperate waters from WA to VIC
- More common in WA
- Protogynous Sequential hermaphrodites. Like many of the wrasses, they begin life as female and change to male as they age
- Frequents coastal reef and weedy environments
- Can be a nuisance when fishing around inshore reef systems
- Occurs solitary or in small schools
- Poor eating
