The Comb Wrasse has a pointed snout and an elongate body that is covered with ctenoid (view scale pages) scales. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
| Tropical fish sightings on the Far South Coast NSW | |
| General comments: | Narooma |
| Common / Alternate Name: | Comb Wrasse |
| Land / Aquatic: | Aquatic |
| RLS profile v3 | |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Commercial_Uses: | None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade |
| Threats: | No major threats to this species are known |
| Distribution: | Eastern Vic to Moreton Bay, Qld. Also Lord Howe I, Norfolk I and NZ. |
| Max_size: | 220 mm |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| Habitat: | Exposed reef, sand |
| Depth: | 1–25 m |
| Description: | Adult comb wrasse have a characteristic comb-like stripe along the body and red markings on the top of the head. Juveniles have a wide black stripe along the side of the body, continuing to the end of the tail |
| Frequency: | 13.062 |
| Range: | 329.243 |
| Common_Name: | Comb wrasse;Combfish |
| Abundance: | 3.674 |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Coris picta |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Labrus pictus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | |
| Published in: Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls | |
| Coris semicincta Ramsay, 1883 | |
| Published in: Ramsay, E.P. 1883. Description of a new species of Coris from Lord Howes' Island and New South Wales. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Vol. 7 (2) pp. 301-302 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Comb Wrasse | |
| Australian Comb Wrasse | |
| Bananafish | |
| Comb-fish |
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