Blueside wrasse

Blueside wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: C. cyanopleura
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
(Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cheilinoides cyanopleura Bleeker, 1851
  • Cirrhilabrus heterodon Bleeker, 1871
  • Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis Ishikawa, 1904

The blueside wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is found on reefs in schools swimming 1 to 2 m (3.3 to 6.6 ft) above the bottom. It occurs at depths from 2 to 30 m (6.6 to 98.4 ft), most often between 5 and 20 m (16 and 66 ft). This species can reach a standard length of 15 cm (5.9 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

It has a short lifespan and feeds on zooplankton. It may be relatively common but declining because of threats: blast fishing, sedimentation, pollution, collection for the aquarium trade and habitat loss of shallow reefs.

References

  1. Cabanban, A. & Choat, J.H. 2010. Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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