- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- LABRIDAE
- Cirrhilabrus
- cyanopleura
Blueside Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker 1851)
Other Names: Blue-scaled Fairy-wrasse, Blue-scaled Wrasse, Blue-side Wrasse, Coralline Wrasse, Red-eyed Wrasse, Yellow-flanked Wrasse
A Blueside Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, at Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A fairy wrasse with a bluish-grey upper head and anterior body, becoming orange-brown to pinkish-red on the back and rear, with purple to bluish scale margins forming a blotchy area behind the pectoral fin, and a purple band across the pectoral-fin base.
Females are brownish with fine pale bluish spots becoming pale below. Juveniles are red-brown with white tip on snout and dark spot on tail base. Juveniles are mostly reddish-purple with a white belly, a white snout tip and a black spot on the upper part of the caudal peduncle.
Females are brownish with fine pale bluish spots becoming pale below. Juveniles are red-brown with white tip on snout and dark spot on tail base. Juveniles are mostly reddish-purple with a white belly, a white snout tip and a black spot on the upper part of the caudal peduncle.
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Dianne J. Bray, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura in Fishes of Australia, accessed 14 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1931
Blueside Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker 1851)
More Info
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Distribution |
Monte Bello Islands to Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to the Capricorn Group, Queensland; also reefs in the Coral Sea, and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Inhabits mixed coral-rubble areas on inshore reefs, forming aggregations above coral or rocky bottoms and coral rubble along the edges of lagoon, channel, and outer reef slopes. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on zooplankton in the water column. |
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Species Citation |
Cheilinoides cyanopleura Bleeker 1851, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 2(1): 72, Pl. 1. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Resources |
Blueside Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker 1851)
References
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Bleeker, P. 1851. Cheilinoïdes, een nieuw geslacht van gladschubbige Labroïden van Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 2: 71-72.
Cabanban, A. & Choat, J.H. 2010. Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187544A8563582. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187544A8563582.en. Downloaded on 24 August 2016.
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