Smalltail wrasse

The Smalltail wrasse lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 2 - 61 m , usually 21 - m environment.

Smalltail Wrasses have long, slender bodies and pointed snouts. There are at least two distinct color forms these wrasses display, the initial red, female color as pictured and the terminal male phase which is dark with two vibrantly colored stripes along the midline. More

Common names

Candy wrasse in English
Kleinstert-lipvis in Afrikaans
Labre cerise in French (français)
Long blue-lined wrasse in English
Ogurobera in Japanese (日本語)
Pencil wrasse in English
Smalltail wrasse in English
Sugale in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
拟海猪鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
擬海豬魚 in Mandarin Chinese
細尾似虹錦魚 in Mandarin Chinese
细尾似虹锦鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
Genus : Pseudojuloides
Species : Pseudojuloides cerasinus
Authority : Snyder, 1904