| Family: |
Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Corinae |
| Max. size: |
7 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 25 - 45 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 12-12; Vertebrae: 15-15. Male body orangish brown dorsally, whitish ventrally; spots on body may diffuse to form a midlateral band; large black spot in middle of body continuous with the large black area of the dorsal fin. 10-11 median predorsal rays; 6-8 suborbital pores; 8-11 pores on free margin of preopercle; 3 pores anterior to orbit. Females pink like other species of the genus (Ref. 48636). |
| Biology: |
Lives in very deep water, usually in depth 30-40 m or more (Ref. 48636). Occurs solitary or in pairs (Ref. 90102) in open rubble bottoms with small corals (Ref. 2140). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 July 2008 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
Type locality, eastern side of Caban I., about 600 m south of Layaglayag Point, Batangas Prov., Luzon, at 35 - 39 meter depth, BPBM 22259 (holotype). Museum records, BPBM 24781, 22445; USNM 222677 (paratypes) (Ref. 50838). Also Ref. 102105. |
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