| Family: |
Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Hypsigenyinae |
| Max. size: |
29.034 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 7 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: southern coast of Australia, from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales; including Tasmania. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Forms large schools in estuaries and other sheltered waters with sand and seagrass bottoms. Considered primarily as an opportunistic carnivore, feeding mainly on polychaetes; also gastropods, crustaceans (crab and amphipods), algae and seagrass (mostly Zostera) are common; forams, bivalves, and ophiuroids were also found in a few stomachs. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 September 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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