Fishes - Australian Museum Fish Site

The Fish Department - Fieldwork

north-eastern New South Wales
November - December 2002

Maori Wrasse
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This 54 mm long Tripletail Maori Wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus was collected at Kingscliff, on 3 December 2002 (AMS I.41846-028).

It is the first New South Wales record and a southern range extension.

This species had been previously recorded south to Southport Seaway, Queensland (Johnson 1999).


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