Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

Blueside Wrasse | Blue-scaled Fairy-wrasse | Blue-scaled Wrasse | Coralline Wrasse | Red-eyed Wrasse | Yellow-flanked Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, male, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, juvenile, Japan, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, male, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, female, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-SmithWA
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura, Panga Batang, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Rounded blue to olive head, dark purple rear scale edges on rear half of body, pale belly and red dorsal fin. Females brown with fine pale spots and a pale belly. Juveniles red-brown with white tip on snout and dark spot on tail base. Juvenile and female patterning very common among Cirrhilabrus species so best distinguished by presence of males.


Information

Max Size: 15 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 26.6-30.8°C

Depth: 2-30 m

Habitat Generalization Index: 2.42

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Data Deficient

Occurrence: Frequent (15.1% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (98 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: Joe Shields