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Painted Rock Lobster

Panulirus versicolor

Banded blue and reef-bright

Coral and rocky reef edges in clear shallow water; hidden in crevices by day · Shallow reef, ~1–15 m (sometimes deeper)

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From reef to canvas

Painted from the real thing

Every design starts with the fish itself — hand-painted scale by scale, species-accurate, not a cartoon.

The fish

The painting

Reef colour you'd swear was hand-painted

The painted rock lobster earns its name on sight, with vivid blue-green and white banded legs and a shell marked like reef art come to life. A tropical species of clear-water reef and rubble, it's one of the most beautiful crayfish in Australian waters and a favourite of divers who'd rather photograph one than take it home.

We hand-paint the painted cray's banding and colour the way the reef shows it. Bold, distinctive and unmistakably tropical across tees, keychains, charms and stickers.

Habitat: Coral and rocky reef edges in clear shallow water; hidden in crevices by day
Typical size: Usually under 30 cm; to about 40 cm
Depth: Shallow reef, ~1–15 m (sometimes deeper)
Range: Tropical northern Australia, WA, NT & QLD reefs