Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Notolabrus fucicola; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:21:59.508877+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840)
- Name authority
- (Richardson, 1840)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Notolabrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusNotolabrus Russell, 1988
- speciesNotolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Notolabrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Notolabrus celidotus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notolabrus inscriptus (Richardson, 1848) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notolabrus parilus (Richardson, 1850) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notolabrus cinctus (Hutton, 1877) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notolabrus gymnogenis (Günther, 1862) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Labrichthys fucicola (Richardson, 1840) (Richardson, 1840) | synonym |
| Labrus fucicola Richardson, 1840 Richardson, 1840 | synonym |
| Pseudolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840) (Richardson, 1840) | synonym |
| Pseudolabrus pittensis Waite, 1910 Waite, 1910 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281788 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:47WH7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.