- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- LABRIDAE
- Hologymnosus
- rhodonotus
Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998
Other Names: Red Cigar-wrasse, Redback Longface Wrasse, Redback Ringwrasse
A juvenile Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus, at Komodo, Indonesia, February 2018. Source: craigjhowe / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Hologymnosus rhodonotus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2295
Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998
More Info
Distribution |
Recorded from Hibernia Reef in the Timor Sea. Small groups or individuals inhabit seaward reefs in areas of mixed sand, rubble, and coral, often in areas with Halimeda algae. |
Biology |
This is one of the many wrasse species that dives into the sand when threatened, and also sleeps there at night. |
Species Citation |
Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998, Rev. Fr. d'Aquariol. 15(1): 26, figs 1- 2. Type locality: Naha fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
Resources |
Red Slender Wrasse, Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1998
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Hologymnosus sp.)
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 pp. 398.
Randall, J.E. & Yamakawa, T. 1988. A new species of the labrid fish of the genus Hologymnosus from the Western Pacific, with notes on H. longipes. Rev. Fr. Aquariol 15(1): 25-30.
Yeeting, B. 2010. Hologymnosus rhodonotus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187627A8584591. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187627A8584591.en. Downloaded on 11 August 2016.
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.