Rainbow slender wrasse

Rainbow slender wrasse
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Suezichthys
Species:	S. arquatus
Binomial name
	Suezichthys arquatus; B. C. Russell, 1985

The rainbow slender wrasse, Suezichthys arquatus, is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean where it is found from Japan to Australia and east to New Zealand. It occurs on reefs at depths from 13 to 100 m (43 to 328 ft), usually over patches of sand. This species can reach 13.5 cm (5.3 in) in total length.^[2]

References

^ Russell, B. 2010. Suezichthys arquatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Suezichthys arquatus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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[1] Russell, B. 2010. Suezichthys arquatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.

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

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