---
title: "Bluethroat Wrasse"
description: "Notolabrus tetricus — Vissen. The blue-throated wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), also known as the bluehead, bluehead parrotfish, bluenose, bluenose parrotfish, bluethroat parrotfish, blue-throat wrasse, kelpie, lilac banded parrotfish, rocky bream, rocky cod, rotfish or winter bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bluethroat-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bluethroat Wrasse

> Notolabrus tetricus — Vissen. The blue-throated wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), also known as the bluehead, bluehead parrotfish, bluenose, bluenose parrotfish, bluethroat parrotfish, blue-throat wrasse, kelpie, lilac banded parrotfish, rocky bream, rocky cod, rotfish or winter bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.

- Scientific name: *Notolabrus tetricus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1315
- Wikidata: [Q2085934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085934)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107186](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107186)

## Names

- en: Bluethroat Wrasse
- de: Weißbinden-Lippfisch

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1241)

## Summary

The blue-throated wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), also known as the bluehead, bluehead parrotfish, bluenose, bluenose parrotfish, bluethroat parrotfish, blue-throat wrasse, kelpie, lilac banded parrotfish, rocky bream, rocky cod, rotfish or winter bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean off the south-eastern coasts of Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-throated_wrasse

## Photo

![Bluethroat Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bluethroat-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Darcy Nugent · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147588103

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bluethroat-wrasse?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).