- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- LABRIDAE
- Xenojulis
- margaritaceus
Pinkspeckled Wrasse, Xenojulis margaritaceus (Macleay 1883)
Other Names: Finspot Wrasse, Pearly Rainbowfish, Pearly Weed-wrasse, Pink Speckled Wrasse
A juvenile Pinkspeckled Wrasse, Xenojulis margaritaceus, at Bundegi Beach, North West Cape, Western Australia, August 2021. Source: Alex Hoschke / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A small wrasse found on sandy or rubble areas amongst dense coral growth. Males are a speckled dark reddish above, paler below, with irregular green and dark reddish stripes on the head and a yellow iris. The elongate pelvic-fin rays may reach the anus in females and beyond the anal fin in males.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Xenojulis margaritaceus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/292
Pinkspeckled Wrasse, Xenojulis margaritaceus (Macleay 1883)
More Info
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Distribution |
Ningaloo Reef to the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific (New Guinea and Philippines). Inhabits seagrass beds, sand and rubble areas on coral reefs. |
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Species Citation |
Platyglossus margaritaceus Macleay, 1883, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1 8(2): 274. Type locality: Hood Bay, New Guinea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Pinkspeckled Wrasse, Xenojulis margaritaceus (Macleay 1883)
References
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.
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de Beaufort, L.F. 1939. Xenojulis, a new genus of labroid fishes. Philippines Journal of Science 69(4): 415-419 figs 1-3
Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp.
Macleay, W.J. 1883. Contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 252-280 See ref at BHL
Moore, G.I., Morrison, S.M. & Johnson, J.W. 2020. The distribution of shallow marine fishes of the Kimberley, Western Australia, based on a long-term dataset and multiple methods. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 85: 105-115 + Appendix Tab. 1.
Randall, J.E. & Adamson, T.A. 1982. A review of the monotypic Indo-Malayan labrid fish genus Xenojulis. Pacific Science 36(1): 119-123 figs 1-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/413
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.
