White-barred wrasse

White-barred wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pseudocheilinus
Species: P. ocellatus
Binomial name
Pseudocheilinus ocellatus
J. E. Randall, 1999

The white-barred wrasse, Pseudocheilinus ocellatus, is a species of wrasse native to the central western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits coral reefs at depths from 20 to 58 m (66 to 190 ft). This species can grow to 10.3 cm (4.1 in) in standard length. It can also be found, under the trade name "mystery wrasse",[2] in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. Sadovy, Y.J. 2010. Pseudocheilinus ocellatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 November 2013.
  2. Mystery Wrasse, Liveaquaria.com
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pseudocheilinus ocellatus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.