Kuiter's Wrasse

Scientific Name: Macropharyngodon kuiteri
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: TP - Whitish with orange scale margins; pale-edged black spot on rear gill cover; green bands on head.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Base of dropoffs in deeper water.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - S. Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia to New South Wales in S.E. Australia.