Black Leopard Wrasse, Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932


Other Names: Black Leopard-wrasse, Black Wrasse

A male (terminal phase) Black Leopard Wrasse, Macropharyngodon negrosensis, at North West Solitary Island, New South Wales, January 2013. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:
A blackish leopard wrasse covered in iridescent bluish-green spotsscales edged in pale green in males, or small pale spots in females, black anal and pelvic fins, and and abruptly pale caudal fin with blackish lobes in males.
Color in life of black with iridescent blue-green spots on body and light yellow antero-dorsally on head body; head banded. Anterior lateral line pored scales 2-3. Males display with metallic green shiny color that is turned on shortly for the occasion

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Macropharyngodon negrosensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2303

Black Leopard Wrasse, Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932

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Distribution

Ningaloo Reef to the Muiron Islands and the Buccaneer Archipelago, and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to at least Sydney, New South Wales, with juveniles south to Montague Island; also Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia.
Individuals or small groups swim near the bottom over mixed sand and rubble areas on lagoon and seaward reefs.

Features

Dorsal fin IX, 11; Anal fin III, 11; Vertebrae 25; Anterior lateral-line pored scales 2-3.

Biology

A protogynous hermaphrodite, whereby all individuals first mature as females (initial phase, IP), and are capable of sex change from female to male (terminal phase, TP). 

Fisheries

Juveniles are sometimes traded in the aquarium industry.

Etymology

The species is named negrosensis in reference to the type locality, Negros Island in the Philippines.

Species Citation

Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932, Copeia 1932(3): 142. Type locality: Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines.  

Author

Bray, D.J. 2020

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Black Leopard Wrasse, Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932

References


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Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37384137

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:1-32 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:12 cm TL

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