Cuckoo wrasse
Labrus mixtus · Wrasse
Also called wrasse
A colourful wrasse that lives mostly in deeper rocky and mixed ground, so boat anglers meet it more than shore anglers.[1]
How to recognise it
- Mature males have vivid blue to purple markings on the head and body over a yellow, orange or green base.[1]
- Females are duller, mostly reddish orange, with a black line along the back towards the tail broken by pale spots.[1]
- Streamlined body with a pointed head and a protruding mouth with canine teeth.[1]
When and where
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.