Long Green Wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & Russell 1977
Other Names: Elongate Green Wrasse, Elongate Wrasse, Green Wrasse
A male Long Green Wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus, from Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. Source: Rudie H. Kuiter / Aquatic Photographics. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
Males are pinkish orange to olivaceus, with up to 4 rows of metallic blue spots along the upper side, wavy metallic blue lines on the head, and a conspicuous yellow to black band, edged distally in metallic blue on the pectoral-fin base. Females are greenish to olive with a bright yellow to orange iris.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudojuloides elongatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1254
Long Green Wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & Russell 1977
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Distribution |
Moreton Bay region, Queensland, to Montague Island, New South Wales; also the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Records from Western Australia are Pseudojuloides crux. Elsewhere, the species occurs in northern New Zealand (Cape Reinga to the Poor Knights Islands and the Kermadec Islands). Inhabits sandy areas near kelp and macroalgal beds. |
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Biology |
A protogynous hermaphrodite, with females capable of changing sex to become male during their life cycle. Usually seen in groups with a dominant male and several females. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from other species of Pseudojuloides in having the following combination of characters: no median predorsal scales; a large canine tooth at corner of mouth; body of males primarily olive-green, upper body with 0-4 rows of metallic blue spots, not overlain in black; females unmarked, olivaceous overall. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin elongatus (= prolonged, elongate) in reference to the elongate body of this species. |
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Species Citation |
Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & Russell, 1977, Aust. Zool. 19(2): 174, figs 4-6, 8-10.Type data: Holotype NMNZ P.6153, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Long Green Wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & Russell 1977
References
Ayling, A.M. & Russell, B.C. 1977. The labrid fish genus Pseudojuloides with description of a new species. The Australian Zoologist 19(2): 169-178 See ref at BHL (paratypes from Western Australia and Japan represent Pseudojuloides crux and P. paradiseus)
Francis, M.P. 2001. Coastal Fishes of New Zealand - an Identification Guide. Reed Publishing Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170
Francis, M.P. 2019. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4428305.v2
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy and rainbow wrasses and their relatives – a comprehensive guide to selected labrids. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK.
Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics, 398 pp.
Kuiter, R. & Kuiter, S. 2018. Coastal sea-fishes of south-eastern Australia. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, 371 pp.
Randall, J.E. & Randall, H.A. 1981. A revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudojuloides, with descriptions of five new species. Pacific Science 35(1): 51-74. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/539
