Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904) Smalltail wrasse |
photo by
Pardau, B. |
Family: | Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Corinae | |||
Max. size: | 8.96 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 104 m | |||
Distribution: | Eastern Pacific: known only from Hawaii. Once considered a pan-Indo-Pacific species, but now confined to the Hawaiian Islands and forms a species complex with the following in the Pacific: Pseudojuloides splendens (Japan to Australia and most South Pacific area); P. polynesica (Fr. Polynesia and Line islands; P. pyrius (endemic to the Marquesas Islands); in the Indian Ocean P. xanthomos (Mauritius); P. polackorum (South Africa to Madagascar); and P. kaleidos (Eastern Indian Ocean). | |||
Diagnosis: | ||||
Biology: | Engybenthiic, found over coral and rubble, usually at depths greater than 21 m (Ref. 58302). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 12 June 2008 Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless | |||
Country info: | Misidentification of Pseudojuloides splendens (Ref. 116679). |