Rust-banded Wrasse, Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir 1971

Summary:

Males of this large species of Pseudocoris are dark bluish- to greenish-grey with narrow black bars on the sides followed by a white bar, an elongate first dorsal-fin spine and filamentous lobes on the tail. Females are reddish to greenish-grey with a pale snout and chin.

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Dianne J. Bray, Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4932

Rust-banded Wrasse, Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir 1971

More Info

Depth	Randall & Walsh (2008) noted the first Australian record of this species from Holmes Reef in the Coral Sea
Distribution	Recorded in the Australian EEZ from Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, and reefs in the Coral Sea (Herald and Holmes). Elsewhere, the species is known from scattered localities in the East-Indo-west-central Pacific from Indonesia and Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Line Islands. Inhabits deep outer reef drop-offs where small groups feed on plankton well above the bottom, often off reef faces, usually in depths greater than 20 m.
Biology	Forms groups with a dominant male and several females.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Rust-banded Wrasse, Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir 1971

References

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Fourmanoir, P. 1971. Description de quatre poissons trouvés pour la première fois dans les Tuamotu et en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cahiers du Pacifique 15: 127-135.

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Randall, J.E., Connell, A.D. & Victor, B.C. 2015. Review of the labrid fishes of the Indo-Pacific genus Pseudocoris, with a description of two new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 1-55. PDF Open access

Randall, J.E. & Walsh, F. 2008. A pictorial view of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Pseudocoris, with description of a new species from the Coral Sea. aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology 14(2): 45-58.

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