Red-breasted wrasse
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| Species: | C. fasciatus
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| Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
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The red-breasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
Description
This species can reach a maximum of 40 cm (16 in) in standard length.[2] Its head is greenish-blue, followed by a distinctive red-orange band followed by black and white stripes. Terminal phase fishes generally have a more pronounced red band and convex forehead than initial phase and juvenile fish.
Distribution
The red-breasted wrasse is native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and the African coast to the islands of the western Pacific.[2]
Habitat and diet
The red-breasted wrasse lives in lagoons and seaward reefs in areas mixing rubble, coral, and sand at depths of from 4 to 60 m (13 to 197 ft) though rarer below 40 m (130 ft).[2]
It feeds mainly on crustaceans, sea urchins, hard-shelled invertebrates, and mollusks.[3]
References
- ^ Shea, S. & Liu, M. 2010. Cheilinus fasciatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cheilinus fasciatus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ http://eol.org/pages/223458/details#trophic_strategy
External links
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218940
- http://eol.org/pages/223458/details
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/187739/0
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