Western King Wrasse

Scientific Name: Coris auricularis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: TP - Shades of red to maroon with white chin; white bar followed by scarlet bar behind pectoral fin, dark spot on rear gill cover, dark upper margin on pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Rocky reefs or coral areas in 2-40m.
Location: Abrolhos Is. south of Coral Bay in W. Australia.

Spottail Coris

Scientific Name: Coris caudimacula
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: TP - White undercolor; 6-7 green to brown bars on back intersected by pale lateral line, black spot on front of dorsal fin, often dark spot on tail base.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sand, rubble and weed-covered bottoms around coastal, lagoon and outer reefs to 25m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to N.W. Australia and Indonesia.

Double Header

Scientific Name: Coris bulbifrons
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 140cm
Identification: TP - Blue-gray to greenish; distinctive hump on forehead.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Rocky reefs and coral areas in 5-30m.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - New South Wales in S.E. Australia and Lord Howe I.