Eight-lined wrasse

Eight-lined wrasse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Pseudocheilinus
Species:	P. octotaenia
Binomial name
	Pseudocheilinus octotaenia; O. P. Jenkins, 1901
Synonyms
	Pseudocheilinus margaretae J. L. B. Smith, 1956;

The eight-lined wrasse, Pseudocheilinus octotaenia, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It occurs on coral reefs at depths from 2 to 50 m (6.6 to 164.0 ft), preferring to shelter in niches and caves. This species can grow to 14 cm (5.5 in) in standard length. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

References

^ Sadovy, Y. & Rocha, L.A. 2010. Pseudocheilinus octotaenia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 15 November 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pseudocheilinus octotaenia" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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[1] Sadovy, Y. & Rocha, L.A. 2010. Pseudocheilinus octotaenia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 15 November 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pseudocheilinus octotaenia" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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