| Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Bodianinae |
| 33 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 60 m |
| Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul Rocks, Ascension and St. Helena. |
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| Caught in areas of rock and rubble bottoms associated with sand or reef-like areas. Protogynous hermaphrodite, with obvious sexual dichromatism (Ref. 5292). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Juveniles remove ectoparasites from other species (Ref. 86997). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 April 2008 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
Type locality, English Bay (Ref. 35918). Found around rocks from the surface to more than 50 m depth (Ref. 86997). As Cossyphus rufus in Ref. 123408. Also Ref. 6709, 5288, 3637.
CLRef. 86997 (Lubbock, 1980). |
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