Many blogs about fish behaviour have been posted to our website over the years. One such recent blog is Recent Fish Behaviour Sightings at Rapid Bay Jetty . Search our site for more “fish behaviour” posts. More fish behaviour reports continue to come in. The most recent report concerns the sighting of two male Senator Wrasse, Pictilabrus laticlavius in “territorial dispute during ‘courting season’ “.

David Muirhead took these two photos of the two males at Rapid Bay jetty on 10th November 2024: –

David says that the incident occurred on a “Slowly ebbing dodge tide (whilst there was) low predation risk”.

Our site includes previous blogs about Senator wrasse behaviour and the territorial behaviour of other fish species, including Blue Devils, Magpie Perch and Spinytail Leatherjackets. There are also several blogs about fish cleaning behaviour. Search our site for details regarding each topic.

(All photos taken by David Muirhead)

By Steve Reynolds

Steve Reynolds is the current President of MLSSA and is a long-standing member of the Society. Steve was a keen diver, underwater explorer & photographer before illness struck. He is chief author of the Society's extensive back catalogue of newsletters and journals.

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