smalltail wrasse

Pseudojuloides cerasinus

Nine Centimeters Wrasse of Japanese Waters

smalltail wrasse is a marine fish of Eastern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 9 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pseudojuloides
Maximum length: 9 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: known only from Hawaii. Once considered a pan-Indo-Pacific species, but now confined to the Hawaiian Islands and forms a species complex with the following in the Pacific: Pseudojuloides splendens (Japan to Australia and most South Pacific area); P. polynesica (Fr. Polynesia and Line islands; P. pyrius (endemic to the Marquesas Islands); in the Indian Ocean P. xanthomos (Mauritius); P. polackorum (South Africa to Madagascar); and P. kaleidos (Eastern Indian Ocean).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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