| Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Cheilininae |
| 7.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 44 m |
| Pacific Ocean: Japan to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, south to the Austral Islands. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9 |
| A secretive species that inhabits seaward reefs, among live coral or rubble (Ref. 1602). Benthic and benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Often observed hiding around the base of small heads of live coral, especially Pocillopora meandrina. Stomach contents of specimens taken from Oahu and Johnston I. consisted of demersal eggs, copepods, amphipods, alpheid shrimp, crab megalops, larval shrimp and gastropod. However, it is likely that the copepods and larval food items are from demersal plankton because this species is never seen more than a few centimeters off the bottom (Ref. 33410). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 March 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Museum: Arno Atoll, USNM 166691. Bikar Atoll, USNM 236264. Likiep Atoll, USNM 113611. Rongelap Atoll, USNM 11613-11619. Rongerik Atoll, USNM 113612. Bikini Atoll, USNM 113596 (holotype of P. tetrataenia), USNM 113567-113610. Enewetak Atoll, BPBM 6393, 8025; CAS 42984; USNM 163223 (Ref. 33410). |
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