Species ID
View AllRedbreast Maori Wrasse
( Cheilinus fasciatus )
Description
Other names
Male (terminal phase) featured above, female (initial phase) featured below.
Other names
Redbreasted Maori Wrasse, Redbreasted Wrasse, Scarlet-breasted Maori Wrasse, Banded Maori, Banded Maori-wrasse
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- Is a member of the family Labridae (wrasses)
- Can grow to 40cm in length
- Protogynous Sequential hermaphrodites. Like many of the wrasses, they begin life as female and change to male as they age
- Males display a more prominent red band
- Frequents coral reef environments and adjacent rubbly areas
- Found in Australia’s tropical waters from QLD to WA
- Occurs solitary
- Edible
