Scientific Name
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

Common Name
Blueside wrasse

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Males complexly and brightly colored than the juvenile-female phase; adults with blue-rimmed scales on mid-side of the body; a narrow diagonal blue\purple band at pectoral base and extending below. Median and pelvic fins with light blue or blue green rays. Lateral line interrupted. Median predorsal scales 6. Caudal fin rounded (small individuals) to rhomboidal.

Classification

Classified By

Bleeker, 1851

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Wrasses (Labridae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Indian Ocean

Distribution

Eastern Indian Ocean: Rowely Shoals (Ref. 1602), Similan Islands, Andaman Sea and Christmas Island. Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea (Ref. 9710), Palau, Indonesia, and Great Barrier Reef.

Range

25°N - 25°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

23 °C

Water Temperature To

28 °C

Depth From - meters

2 m

Depth To - meters

30 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 30 m (Ref. 9823), usually 5 - 20 m (Ref. 27115)

Trophic Level

3.4 s.e. 0.45 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

15.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Aquarium: commercial

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Data deficient (DD)