Floral wrasse

Floral wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cheilinus
Species: C. chlorourus
Binomial name
Cheilinus chlorourus
(Bloch, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Sparus chlorourus Bloch, 1791
  • Cheilinus punctatus E. T. Bennett, 1832
  • Crenilabrus blochii Swainson, 1839
  • Cheilinus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
  • Cheilinus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Cheilinus guttatus Bleeker, 1847
  • Cheilinus decacanthus Bleeker, 1851

The floral wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the coast of Africa to the Tuamotus and Marquesas. Its range extends as far north as the Ryukyus and south to New Caledonia. It is an inhabitant of reefs in lagoons or coastal waters at depths of from 1 to 30 m (3.3 to 98.4 ft). This species can reach 45 cm (18 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]


Common Name

Floral wrasse

Habitat

Salt water

Dispersion

Andaman Sea and The gulf of Thailand

Utilization

Fishery: Small Trading; Aquarium: Trade

References

  1. ↑ Shea, S., Liu, M. & Sadovy, Y. 2010. Cheilinus chlorourus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cheilinus chlorourus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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