Kuiter's Wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978

Other Names: Ear-spot Wrasse, Kuiter's Leopard Wrasse, Kuiter's Leopard-wrasse

Kuiter's Wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri, at North West Solitary Island, New South Wales, March 2016. Source: ralfmagee / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A small pale orangy leopard wrasse with a pale bluish spot on each scale, a large black blue-rimmed spot on the gill cover, and a small blackish spot behind the eye.

Video of Kuiter's Wrasse in an aquarium

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Dianne J. Bray, Macropharyngodon kuiteri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 06 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2302

Kuiter's Wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978

More Info

Distribution	Known from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Sydney, New South Wales, and east to Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs. Also on the Chesterfield Bank, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Tonga. Inhabits shallow areas of mixed sand, rubble, and algae.
Etymology	Named for Rudie Kuiter.
Species Citation	Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall, 1978, Bull. Mar. Sci. 28(4): 766, figs 5G-H. Type locality: Seal Rocks, NSW.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Kuiter's Wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978

References

Craig, M.T. 2010. Macropharyngodon kuiteri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. . Downloaded on 16 March 2015.

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp.

Randall, J.E. 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Macropharyngodon, with descriptions of five new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(4): 742-770 figs 1-6

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.

Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.