Notolabrus fucicola

Notolabrus fucicola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Notolabrus
Species:
N. fucicola
Binomial name
Notolabrus fucicola
Synonyms
  • Labrus fucicola J. Richardson, 1840
  • Labrichthys fucicola (J. Richardson, 1840)
  • Pseudolabrus fucicola (J. Richardson, 1840)
  • Pseudolabrus pittensis Waite, 1910

Notolabrus fucicola, the banded parrotfish, blue wrasse, kelpie, New Zealand banded wrasse, purple parrotfish, saddled wrasse, Southern purple wrasse, Southern wrasse, winter bream or yellow-saddled wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Indian Ocean, off eastern Australia and all around New Zealand on rocky, weedy reef areas. Aging work in New Zealand suggested these wrasses can live at least 35 years.