Peacock Wrasse
by Amy E Fraser
Title
Peacock Wrasse
Artist
Amy E Fraser
Medium
Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper
Description
The Peacock Wrasse by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive tropical fish portrait in shades of gold, white, black, blue and copper with distinctive markings, an eloquent fin and beautiful golden eyes complimented with a tropical blue textural background.
The Peacock Wrasse (niistius pavo), blue razorfish, or peacock razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses, which has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. The Peacock Wrasse can be identified by the dark vertical bar situated below the eye. This species has a small dark spot below the forward portion of the dorsal fin, a white patch behind the side behind the pectoral fin, and an oblique brown bar underneath the eye. It normally shows 5 dark bars when adult when the belly of female turns red. Juveniles have a black anal fin and two large eyespots which have narrow white margins in their dorsal fin. The first two spines in the dorsal fin form a separate fin. It has a highly compressed body and a steep, sharp-edged forehead, like other members of the genus Iniistius. In juveniles this separate fin formed by the first two spines takes the form of a long, bannerlike filament but as the fish ages this shortens. The color of the juveniles varies from whitish with dark bars on the body, to an overall brown color. The small juveniles drift in the water mimicking leaves and debris. This fish may attain a total length of 17 inches. The Peacock Wrasse (niistius pavo) is not a commercially exploited quarry species, although the flesh is said to be highly palatable and when large enough fish are caught they may be marketed. It is occasionally collected for the aquarium trade.
Amy E. Fraser’s Oil Pastel Animal Portrait series is an impassioned tribute to the beauty and magic of our beloved Animal Kingdom. Fun, gestural and energetic, these vibrant animals are painted in a stylized realism that is imbued with distinctive character and personality.
The Peacock Wrasse by Amy E. Fraser. Animal Portrait Paintings created from the artist’s intense connection to and love for all creatures great and small. Oil Pastel on archival paper. All images copyright Amy E. Fraser. All rights reserved.
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February 8th, 2023
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