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The Black Spot Tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) is large fish species that is a member of the ‘Wrasses and Tuskfishes’ family Labridae. This species is considered to be excellent eating and is one of the best eating reef fish species. It is known to occur from the Western Pacific (Ryukyu Islands, eastern Australia and Indonesia) across to Western Australia and it has been reported from Mauritius. Adults are blue-green in colour and generally always have a black spot at the dorsal fin base. The smaller juveniles usually have a small black spot at the dorsal fin base and the juveniles also have a large white saddle spot following the black spot. The Black Spot Tuskfish can be found living on coral reefs and in coastal embayments over sandy/silty bottoms. It is also commonly found inhabiting shipwrecks of the south-east Queensland coast. It is a solitary species and is known to feed on hard-shelled prey including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins. The Black Spot Tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) is known to grow to at least 1 metre in length.
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