The Scott's Fairy Wrasse from Fiji is also known as Scott's Greenback Fairy Wrasse and is mostly green in color with a striking black margin on the dorsal fin. Species with a specific boat limit. This species can be found on reefs down to depths of about 60 metres (200 ft). Wrasse, any of nearly 500 species of marine fishes of the family Labridae (order Perciformes).Wrasses range from about 5 cm (2 inches) to 2 metres (6.5 feet) or more in length. The most recent assessment for Bluethroat Wrasse was completed in 2018 [Steer et al. Boat limits apply for dhufish, blue swimmer crabs, mud crabs, squid, octopus, cuttlefish, greenlip/brownlip abalone and rock lobster. The Lineatus Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus lineatus, is a relatively rare multi-colored wrasse species found in the waters of Australia. Anampses elegans. Larger species of wrasse can prey on smaller species of fish. South Australia. 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. Description:The Six Line Wrasse is a popular is a popular Wrasse species among marine aquarists keeping either reef aquariums or FOWLR community aquariums.Six Line Wrasse have very vibrant coloration with 6 distinct blue horizontal blue lines overtop of a base orange body with a green tailfin. Both fishes occupy the same habitats in the Timor Sea, a region 300km … Wrasse are carnivores and thrive when fed on small crustaceans, marine worms and snails. The Red & Black and Barrier Reef species can be seen year round across sections of the Great Barrier Reef whilst the Ningaloo area provides the opportunity to see Tomato Anemonefish and the endemic Australian Anemonefish. Piper are tasty eating. PhD thesis, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle. Bluethroat Wrasse is considered a tertiary species of the South Australia's commercial multispecies, multi-gear and multi-sectoral Marine Scalefish Fishery. A boat limit is the maximum number of fish of a species or group of species that may be on a boat or attached to a boat at any one time. There is also a huge diversity of Wrasses, with one-third of the world’s 600 species found in Australian waters. Most species are vibrantly colored and are relatively hardy, making them excellent choices for most beginner aquarists. The ecology of three species of wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) on temperate rocky reefs of New South Wales, Australia. 2018] that considered data to December 2017. Males and females exhibit different coloration patterns. Wrasse have the ability to change sex and have complex, haremic mating systems. Sandager's wrasse, Coris sandeyeri, is a wrasse of the family Labridae, found along the east coast of Australia and around the North Island of New Zealand to depths of 60 metres, on mixed sandy/rocky reef areas. Elegant wrasse are a widespread but uncommon species found on coral reef and rocky reef habitats at depths from 2 to 35 m. The distribution of elegant wrasse extends from southern Queensland to Montague Island on the NSW south coast, particularly around inshore islands. Most species are elongated and relatively slender. Females and subdominant males are covered in various blue stripes and dots while dominant males are colored in blues, reds, yellows, and purples. The remote reefs off Northern Australia have yielded yet another new species of fairy wrasse with the description of Cirrhilabrus greeni.This exciting discovery comes courtesy of the collectors at Monsoon Aquatics, the same group that brought us the Monsoon Fairy Wrasse (C. hygroxerus) last year. 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