Blueside wrasse

Blueside wrasse
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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.