Rainbow slender wrasse
| Rainbow slender wrasse | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Suezichthys |
| Species: | S. arquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Suezichthys arquatus B. C. Russell, 1985 | |
The rainbow slender wrasse, Suezichthys arquatus, is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean where it is found from Japan to Australia and east to New Zealand. It occurs on reefs at depths from 13 to 100 m (43 to 328 ft), usually over patches of sand. This species can reach 13.5 cm (5.3 in) in total length.[2]
References
- ↑ Russell, B. 2010. Suezichthys arquatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Suezichthys arquatus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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