Scientific name:

Labrus mixtus

About:

A small fish living in rocky areas around the shoreline.

How to identify:

<p>They have a long pointed head. Males have blue heads and briliant blue markings along their sides, while females are rosy pink to orange red with alternating white and black patches near the tail.</p>

Where:

Found around most of the UK.

Fantastic facts:

When there is a shortage of male cuckoo wrasse in a group, the largest female will change sex and become a male.