| Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Julidinae |
| 6.05 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Western Pacific. Eastern Indonesia (throughout the Lesser Sunda Is., the Banda Arch., Moluccan Arch., Sulawesi, and west Papua); Philippines, Palau; north to the Okinawa Is. Western and southwestern Pacific: Bismarck Arch., the Solomon Is., the Caroline Is., the Marshall Is., the Northern Mariana Is., Ogasawara, the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.
Eastern Indian Ocean: reported from Ashmore Reef and the Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, and from Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef, and Seringapatam Reefs off Western Australia.
Reports of Labroides pectoralis from the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are referrable to another species |
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Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 10-10; Vertebrae: 25-25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D IX,11; A III,10; pectoral-fin rays 13; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 6-7, lower 7-8; principal caudal-fin rays 8 + 7 (BPBM 15838 with 8 + 8); circumpeduncular scales 18-20; body depth 3.6-4.2 in SL; head length 2.5-3.1 in SL; snout length 2.9-4.0 in HL; orbit diameter 3.9-5.3 in HL; orbit diameter 1.0-1.7 in snout length; caudal-peduncle length 2.4-4.0 in HL; pored lateral-line scales 26-28; scale rows above lateral line 3, below lateral line 9-10; total gill rakers 13-14. Colouration: head and anterior body bright yellow, darkening to orange posteriorly above median lateral black stripe; median lateral black stripe is constricted or attenuated to about origin of anal fin, expanding past this point toward edge of caudal fin; upper and lowermost edge of caudal fin light blue to lilac; pelvic fins are translucent yellow; pectoral fins translucent, its lower base with a large elliptical spot (Ref. 138889). |
| Inhabits coral-rich areas of seaward and clear lagoon reefs (Ref. 9710). Occur solitarily or in pairs. Creates 'cleaning ' stations to which fishes come to have crustacean ectoparasites and mucus removed (Ref. 2334); client fish Myripristis violacea (Ref. 138889). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 May 2008 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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