Ornate Wrasse

Scientific Name: Macropharyngodon ornatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: TP - Black body with blue spot on each scale; head and fins orange with dark-edged blue bands.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand and rubble bottoms of coral reefs in 3-30m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Seagrass Razorfish

Scientific Name: Novaculichthys macrolepidotus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: TP - Bright green with dark band and lines radiating from eye; several black spots usually just before tail base.
Favourite: Form aggregations in seagrass and weed beds.
Hide-out: Lagoons and coastal areas to 5m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia and New Guinea. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia and Lord Howe I.

Leopard Wrasse

Scientific Name: Macropharyngodon meleagris
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Identification: TP - Dull orange-red to purple or green undercolor with black or blue-edged green spot on each body scale; blue edged green bands on head, small black spot above pectoral.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coral and rubble bottoms in 2-30m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Cocos-Keeling Is. to Micronesia, Line and Pitcaim Is. (absent Indonesia). S. Japan and S.E. Australia.