Peacock wrasse

Characteristics

  • Able to change sex from female to male.

Description

Initial phase:
  • Body whitish.
  • Orange dots forming horizontal stripes on body.
Terminal phase:
  • Body greenish.
  • Orange stripes on face and dark-blue blotch near pectoral fin base.
  • One darker stripe runs along the base of the dorsal fin, and a dark band runs from tip of snout to end of caudal peduncle.
  • A dark blotch intersects with the band, about one third of the way in from the snout.

Common Name: Peacock wrasse

Family Common Name: Wrasses

Family: Labridae

Scientific Name: Parajulis poecilepterus___(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

Maximum Length: 34 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Peacock wrasse