Male colourful with yellow over back and bright blue stripes, one on back below dorsal fin and one on belly, and blue lines extending from behind eye breaking into dots along body. Female lavender pink fading to pale yellow or white on underside and lacking bottom blue stripe.
Information
Max Size: 12 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 24.6-29.4°C
Depth: 1-55m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Frequent (10% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (25 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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Cirrhilabrus lineatus, Photo: Graham Edgar
