Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

(Bleeker, 1851)

Vernacular names
English : Blueside wrasse
French : Labre nain à flancs bleus

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Eupercaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Labridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 15 cm in length. Creamy-white on belly, head dull olive-blue, turning dark blue on first half of body. Rest of body reddish-yellow to orange with broad black edges on middle flank scales. Blue base of fins.

Range and habitat
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific area, from Rowley Shoals and Andaman Sea to Philippines, Palau and Indonesia, to Ryukyu Islands and Australia. Lives in lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes, in coral and rubble, to 30 m deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : DATA DEFICIENT
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a large range. It is vulnerable to overtrapping for the trade and to large-scale habitat destruction. These threats need to be monitored.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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