Eastern Blue Groper
Achoerodus viridis
Sighting evidence at Coral Gardens, Lord Howe Island
Photo: Graham McMartin · CC BY-NC
The eastern blue groper is a large, brilliantly coloured wrasse whose striking cobalt-blue males are icons of Lord Howe Island's Coral Gardens. As sequential hermaphrodites they begin life as females before transforming to males, and their large size, curiosity toward divers, and habit of following snorkellers hoping for disturbed invertebrates make them one of Australia's most charismatic reef fish species.
Evidence at this site
0 records within 25 km
Confidence: low