Whitebarred Pink Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall 1999
Other Names: Fivebarred Wrasse, Magenta Wrasse, Mystery Wrassse, Tail Spot Wrasse, White-barred Pink Wrasse, Whitebarred Wrasse
A Whitebarred Pink Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus, at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, April 2013. Source: @uwkwaj / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A striking reddish-pink wrasse with or without a series of vertical pale fine white to yellowish bands and many fine vertical lines of varying intensity along the side, a dark ocellus on a yellow tail base, a yellowish head with blue and purple markings, and a bright yellow eye.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1253
Whitebarred Pink Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall 1999
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Distribution |
Reefs in the Coral Sea off northern Queensland (Lihou & Holmes reefs). Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west-central Pacific. A secretive cryptic species that prefers darker areas on deeper reefs, often in caves and beneath overhangs on drop-offs. |
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Etymology |
The species is named ocellatus for the distinct ocellated black spot at the posterior of the body. |
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Species Citation |
Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall 1999, Indo-Pacific Fishes 28: 21, fig. 3, pls 1H, 2A. Type locality: Laura Island, Masuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, 26 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Whitebarred Pink Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall 1999
References
Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics 398 pp.
Randall, J.E. 1999. Revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Pseudocheilinus, with descriptions of three new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 28: 1-34 figs 1-4 pls 1-2
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. (as Pseudocheilinus sp.)
Sadovy, Y.J. 2010. Pseudocheilinus ocellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155314A4773189. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155314A4773189.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2018.
Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
