Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839)

Summary:

A solitary, secretive wrasse found in weedy areas and amongst both hard and soft corals. The Cocktail Wrasse

Video of a Cocktail Wrasse at the Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland, by Ian Banks.

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Dianne J. Bray, Pteragogus flagellifer in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/275

Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839)

More Info

Distribution	In Australia recorded from the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, and Great Barrier Reef, Cape York to Southport, Queensland. Elsewhere widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea to South Africa, east to Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, Taiwan.
Features	Meristic features: Dorsal-fin spines/rays: IX, 10-12 Anal-fin rays: III, 9 Males with long filaments from anterior dorsal-fin spines.
Size	Males to 20 cm TL, females to 15 cm TL.
Conservation	EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed IUCN Red List : Least Concern
Species Citation	Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons: 240. No type locality.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839)

References

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Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp.

Sadovy, Y. & Pontillas, J. 2010.Pteragogus flagellifer. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 June 2012.

Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 13 505 pp. pls 369-388.

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.