Ophthalmolepis lineolatus

Maori wrasse | Australian Maori-wrasse | Butcher's Prick | Slippery dick | Southern Maori Wrasse | Ophthalmolepis lineolata
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, juvenile, Montague Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus, juvenile, Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Ophthalmolepis lineolatus

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Distribution

Temperate Australasia


Description

Brick-red upper body, light strip along base of dorsal fin, light mid-stripe and elaborate bright blue scribbles on face, and often down side. Black spot at front of dorsal fin and narrow body best distinguish juveniles from a number of other similar juvenile wrasses. Curious and approaches divers. Endemic to Australia.


Information

Max Size: 41 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 13-24.6°C

Depth: 2-60 m

Habitat Generalization Index: 40.18

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Common (23.8% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Several (6 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: GJ Edgar. 2008. Australian Marine Life. New Holland, Sydney