Black Leopard-wrasse
Macropharyngodon negrosensis
- Usual depth4–24 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Macropharyngodon negrosensis, the yellow-spotted wrasse, black Leopard-wrasse or black Wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Macropharyngodon negrosensis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 33 records
- February: 26 records
- March: 49 records
- April: 57 records
- May: 68 records
- June: 38 records
- July: 29 records
- August: 31 records
- September: 39 records
- October: 35 records
- November: 37 records
- December: 29 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–24 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Black Leopard-wrasse, Black Leopard Wrasse, Black Wrasse, Negros Wrasse, Yellowspotted Wrasse
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Schwarzer Leoparden-Junker
- Japanese
- Sejiro-nodogurobera, Sejironodogurobera, セジロノドグロベラ
- Korean
- 은하수놀래기
- Simplified Chinese
- 娘仔魚, 石斑龍, 胸斑大咽齒魚, 黑大咽鸚鯛, 黑曲齒鸚鯛, 黑鸚鯛
Similar species
- Blackspotted Wrasse
Macropharyngodon meleagris
Blue GroperAchoerodus gouldii
Blue GroperAchoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 295 open-data records from 1931 to 2018.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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