Pseudocoris yamashiroi

Pink wrasse | Japanese Wrasse | Redspot Wrasse | Yamashiro's Wrasse
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi, female, Maldives, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi, juvenile, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi, juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi, juvenile, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
Pseudocoris yamashiroi

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 Generalization Index: N/A

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Occurrence: Infrequent (2.1% 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