Blue-banded wrasse (Xiphocheilus typus)

Scientific name: Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker, 1857

Blue-banded wrasse (Xiphocheilus typus)

The Blue-banded wrasse (Xiphocheilus typus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Labridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Xiphocheilus typus
Family
Labridae (Wrasses)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.0
Depth range
35–85 m (115–279 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 35 - 85 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: extending into the Indian Ocean only in an area to the west of the Malay Peninsula. Recorded from North West Shelf, Australia; Indo-Australian Archipelago.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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