Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Cheilinus > Cheilinus chlorourus

Cheilinus chlorourus (Maori wrasse; Floral wrasse; Floral maori wrasse; Dotted maori; Yellow-spotted maori-wrasse; Yellow-dotted maori wrasse; White-dotted maori wrasse; White-dotted maori; Redspotted maori wrasse; Wrasse; Rainbowfish; Yellow-dotted wrasse; Yellow-dotted maori-wrasse)

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Language: Afrikaans; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Creole, French; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Gela; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Marshallese; Numee; Other; Portuguese; Rapa; Samoan; Sinhalese; Spanish; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tamil; Tuamotuan; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The floral wrasse (Cheilinus chlorourus) is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the coast of Africa to the Tuamotus and Marquesas. Its range extends as far north as the Ryukyus and south to New Caledonia. It is an inhabitant of reefs in lagoons or coastal waters at depths of from 1 to 30 m (3.3 to 98.4 ft). This species can reach 45 cm (18 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratomyxa cheilinae <Unverified Name>[1]
Procamallanus monotaxis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0