Blackspotted wrasse

Family: LabridaePicture of a Leopard Wrasse, Blackspotted Wrasse or Guinea Fowl Wrasse, Macropharyngodon meleagris * Puzzles * Postcards Macropharyngodon meleagrisPhoto More

The Blackspotted Wrasse is known by several other common names including Leopard Wrasse and Guinea Fowl Wrasse and is often confused with a few other similar species. More

Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris female (top) and male gouache paint More

Of these species, the Blackspotted Wrasse had only been seen cleaning at Rapid Bay jetty. More

Common names

Arinaimawa in Gilbertese
Arinaimawa in Kiribati
Balaki in Ilokano
Bankilan in Tagalog
Banog in Other
Black leopard wrasse in English
Black wrasse in English
Blackspotted wrasse in English
Bungat in Tagalog
Buntogon in Cebuano
Danlugan in Other
Eastern leopard wrasse in English
Guinea fowl wrasse in English
guineafowl wrasse in English
Isdang bato in Tagalog
Labayan in Davawenyo
Labayan in Other
Labayan in Tagalog
Labayan in Waray-waray
Labe in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Lampalampa in Other
Leopard wrasse in English
Lubay-lubay in Other
Lubayan in Waray-waray
Lulukdayan in Tagbanwa Calamian
Macropharyngodon meleagris in Catalan (Català)
Maming in Tagalog
Maringyan in Bikol
Molmol in Other
Mul-mul in Davawenyo
Negros wrasse in English
Nodoguro-bera in Japanese (日本語)
Pilo-pilo in Other
Pirat-pirat in Other
Po'ou in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
Reticulated wrasse in English
Sejiro-nodogurobera in Japanese (日本語)
Sugale in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Sugale-puletasi in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Tamago in Visayan
Tausay in Other
Te arinaimawa in Gilbertese
Te arinaimawa in Kiribati
Verde verde in Ilokano
Worupwurupw in Austronesian (Other)
Worupwurupw in Carolinian
Yellowspotted wrasse in English
朱斑大咽齒鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
朱斑大咽齿鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
珠斑大咽齒魚 in Mandarin Chinese
珠斑大咽齿鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
真珠大咽齒魚 in Mandarin Chinese
真珠大咽齿鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
胸斑大咽齒魚 in Mandarin Chinese
胸斑大咽齿鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
黑大咽齒鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
黑大咽齿鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
은하수놀래기 in Korean (한국어)

Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
Genus : Macropharyngodon
Species : Macropharyngodon negrosensis
Authority : Valenciennes, 1839