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Hawaiian Candy Wrasse

Pseudojuloides cerasinus

Classification

Family
Labridae

Pseudojuloides cerasinus, the smalltail wrasse or the pencil wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is found in the tropical Pacific Ocean and was previously considered to have a much wider distribution but the recognition of new species has reduced this wide range. Description Pseudojuloides cerasinus in their male or terminal phase has a distinctive blue mid-lateral stripe which is situated immediately above a yellow stripe and the posterior portion of the caudal fin is black, edged with blue.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 83France · 8