- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- LABRIDAE
- Pteragogus
- flagellifer
Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839)
A Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer, at Mirbat, southern Oman, 2000. Source: Richard Field / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
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.
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: Males with long filaments from anterior dorsal-fin spines. |
Size |
Males to 20 cm TL, females to 15 cm TL. |
Conservation |
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Species Citation |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Cocktail Wrasse, Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839)
References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
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.