Pseudojuloides cerasinus
Pseudojuloides cerasinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Pseudojuloides |
Species: | P. cerasinus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Pseudojulis cerasina Snyder, 1904 |
Pseudojuloides cerasinus, the smalltail wrasse or the pencil wrasse, is a species of marine
Description
Pseudojuloides cerasinus in their male or terminal phase has a distinctive blue mid-lateral stripe which is situated immediately above a yellow stripe and the posterior portion of the
Distribution
Pseudojuloides cerasinus is known only from the seas around Hawaii.[2]
Habitat and biology
Pseudojuloides cerasinus is frequently recorded in clear lagoon and near seaward reefs over coral rubble substrates, it is infrequently recorded over live coral and clumps of algae. It inhabits depths of around 3–61 metres (9.8–200.1 ft), although it is more common at depths in excess of 21 metres (69 ft).[2]
Taxonomy
Pseudojuloides cerasinus was formerly regarded as having a wide
Pseudojuloides cerasinus was originally
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pseudojuloides cerasinus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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- ^ "Pseudojuloides cerasinus Labridae". Reef Life Survey.
- ^ a b Jake Adams (7 December 2017). "Two Stunning New Species of Pencil Wrasses: Pseudojuloides polynesica & P. splendens". Reef Builders Inc. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudojulis cerasina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudojuloides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 January 2020.