Japanese Wrasse, Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt 1930)


Other Names: Pink Wrasse, Redspot Wrasse, Redthroat Rainbowfish

An initial phase Japanese Wrasse, Pseudocoris yamashiroi, at Bohol, Philippines, May 2017. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
Males are greenish-blue on the upper two-thirds of the body with a dense pattern of fine black spots and irregular vertical lines, a white belly, and dark outer caudal-fin rays making the tail appear deeply forked. Females are pinkish to pale purplish-grey with a silvery-white stripe above and below the eye, and a distinct red spot on the pectoral-fin base.

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Pseudocoris yamashiroi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/267

Japanese Wrasse, Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt 1930)

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Distribution

Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore and Cartier reefs, Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, Queensland, to at least Sydney, New South Wales, with juveniles to Montague Island. Also at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, and Elizabeth & Middleton reefs and Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific, including New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
Groups aggregate (females outnumbering males) on lagoon, channel and seaward reefs, often on open sand flats with large remote bommies and along the edges of reef slopes to feed on zooplankton in the water column.

Biology

Forms a harem with a dominant male and a group of females.

Species Citation

Julis yamashiroi Schmidt,1930, Trans. Pac. Comm. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R. 1: 85, fig. 5. Type locality: Okinawa Island.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2019

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Japanese Wrasse, Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt 1930)

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Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37384145

Biology:Hermaphrodite

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:5-30 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:15 cm TL

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