The foxfish, Bodianus frenchii, is a species of wrasse native to the temperate marine waters in southwestern Western Australia to eastern South Australia, and from southern Queensland to eastern Tasmania, at depths between 10 and 40 m.[3] A gap in the distribution of foxfish occurs through Victoria.

[2] The foxfish is caught as bycatch in trawl fisheries off the coasts of New South Wales and Western Australia.

In Western Australia it is a quarry for recreational anglers and the state applies bag limits.

[6] The specific name honours Herr French, who was an assistant to Dr V. Muller, who was the collector of many types of Australian fishes described by Klunzinger.

[5] The vernacular name, "foxfish", is thought to be taken from the misapplied binomial Bodianus vulpinus, as to most eyes this fish bears no resemblance to a fox.