Napoleon Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Sighting evidence at Entrance Bommie, Osprey Reef
Photo: David Roche · CC BY-NC
Napoleon wrasse, also known as humphead wrasse, are found at the Entrance Bommie throughout the year, using the structure as a feeding territory where they crush hard corals and invertebrates with their powerful pharyngeal jaws. These CITES Appendix II-listed animals can live for more than 30 years and reach 230 centimetres in length, making every encounter a privilege given their increasingly threatened status across the Indo-Pacific. Their curiosity about divers — combined with their extraordinary colour pattern of electric blue-green scales — makes them one of the reef's most rewarding subjects.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Napoleon Wrasse is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.