Pseudocoris yamashiroi

Labridae
Pink Wrasse, Japanese Wrasse, Redspot Wrasse, Yamashiro's Wrasse
  • Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Female, Maldives, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Female, Maldives, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
    Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
    Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
  • Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
    Pseudocoris yamashiroi, Juvenile, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Red pectoral base and eyes, with blue lines over face of schooling females. Males rare, with mottled dark back and light undersides, lacking any banding or stripes typical of other Pseudocoris or Pseudojuloides species.
Information
  • Max Size: 16 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 17.7-30.5°C
  • Depth: 5-30m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (2% 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 (12 per transect)
    Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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