Brownfield's Wrasse

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 43 records
February: 36 records
March: 49 records
April: 33 records
May: 13 records
June: 7 records
July: 7 records
August: 11 records
September: 7 records
October: 94 records
November: 18 records
December: 52 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–9 m · Deepest record: 16.5 m

0–10 m: 40 records
10–20 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–24 °C

18–20 °C: 18 records
20–22 °C: 37 records
22–24 °C: 87 records

Photos

(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Brownfield's Wrasse, Brownfields Wrasse

Names in 1 more languages

German: Brownfields Junker

Other scientific names: Choerojulis brownfieldi

Similar species

Checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus
Ornamental Wrasse
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Argus Wrasse
Halichoeres argus
Biocellated Wrasse
Halichoeres biocellatus
Black-blotched Rainbowfish
Halichoeres chloropterus
Canary Wrasse
Halichoeres chrysus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
723 open-data records from 1952 to 2023.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.