Norwegian record Cuckoo wrasse: 1.05 kg

About Cuckoo wrasse

The cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus, formerly also called Labrus bimaculatus) is a wrasse in which males and females look so different that they were once thought to be separate species. Females are red or orange with three black spots and pale patches at the back of the dorsal fin. Males are orange with a vivid blue head and blue stripes and marbling along the body. Females rarely exceed 30 cm, while males can reach about 35 to 40 cm. All start life as females, and after several years the largest may change sex and become males. It lives over rock and kelp, mostly deeper than 40 m, and picks small crustaceans, snails and mussels from the bottom. It is common in southern and western Norway and ranges north to Træna. Anglers catch it on small baits, and it is used as a cleaner fish. Recreational fishers may not catch wrasse with fyke nets. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Fiskeridirektoratet, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann

See the species guide

Biggest Cuckoo wrasse in FishComp

740 g (70 % of the record) by Mathias Hjelvik Rolland. See the catch

How to register a Norwegian record

1. Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
2. Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
3. Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.