foxfish

There is a gap in the distribution of Foxfish through Victoria.

When Foxfish are in their early years they are brown and have three yellow patches with a black area around the pectoral fin.

Many are fished for food, and the more colorful species-especially the foxfish - are often kept in aquaria.

The foxfish, Bodianus frenchii, is a wrasse of the genus Bodianus, found in temperate marine waters in south western Western Australia to east South Australia, and from southern Queensland to eastern Tasmania, at depths of between 10 and 40 metres.