FB-68816 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Zoarcoidei Zoarcidae Melanostigma Melanostigma kharini Balushkin & Moganova, 2018 Polynesian pencil wrasse Leptojulis cerasinus (non Snyder, 1904) Pseudojuloides cerasinus (non Snyder, 1904) 2018-10-19 2024-08-16 Randall, J.E. and H.A. Randall0 A revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudojuloides, with descriptions of five new species. Pac. Sci. 35(1):51-74. (Ref. 2140) McCormack, G.0 Cook Islands biodiversity and natural heritage database. Sent by Gerald McCormack as RTF document in May 2000 for use in FishBase. (Ref. 34027) Bacchet, P., T. Zysman and Y. Lefèvre0 Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles. Tahiti (Polynésie Francaise): Éditions Au Vent des Îles. 608 p. (Ref. 89972) Bacchet, P., T. Zysman and Y. Lefèvre0 Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles. Quatrième édition revue et augmentée. Tahiti (Polynésie Francaise): Éditions Au Vent des Îles. 645 p. (Ref. 116353) Victor, B.C.0 Review of the Indo-Pacific Pseudojuloides cerasinus species complex with a description of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:11-31. (Ref. 116679) FB-pic-68827-16290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-12-23 2021-11-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pscer_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pscer_u2.jpg FB-pic-68827-16291 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-12-23 2019-04-05 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pscer_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pscer_u3.jpg FB-pic-68827-16292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-12-23 2021-11-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pscer_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pscer_u4.jpg FB-pic-68827-16293 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-12-23 2019-04-05 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pscer_m1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pscer_m1.jpg FB-DiagnosticDescr-68827 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D IX,11; A III,12; pectoral-fin rays 13; lateral-line scales 27 and +1 on caudal-fin base; head scaleless; gill rakers 14-17; one pair of large, projecting, and slightly recurved canine teeth anteriorly in each jaw, the upper pair is slightly out-flaring while the lowers curving forward and fitting between uppers when mouth closed; each side of upper and lower jaws with a short irregular row of 3-7 chisel-like incisiform teeth, no canine posteriorly at corner of mouth; body elongate, its depth 4.1-4.7 in SL; moderately compressed with body width 1.8-2.6 in body depth. Colour of female IP orangish to reddish to pink, grading to whitish ventrally, snout yellowish, the first two dorsal-fin spinous membranes black, edged distally with yellow-orange margin, median fins yellowish; while colour of TP male with greenish upper body and bluish lower one, a distinct mid-lateral blue stripe over green stripe along side of body; head yellowish above, blue below, with one blue stripe behind eye extending across operculum and usually dipping down to meet upper pectoral-fin base, upper snout yellowish with no stripes in front of eye; the first two dorsal-fin spinous membranes black; slightly rounded to truncate caudal fin with a prominent medial blue bar followed by a greenish or black area and a blue margin (Ref. 116679). Victor, B.C. 2017 Review of the Indo-Pacific Pseudojuloides cerasinus species complex with a description of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:11-31. (Ref. 116679) FB-Morphology-68827 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12 Victor, B.C. 2017 Review of the Indo-Pacific Pseudojuloides cerasinus species complex with a description of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:11-31. (Ref. 116679) FB-Distribution-68827 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 Eastern Central Pacific: French Polynesia (Austral, Tahiti and Moorea, Society Is.); Tuamotu Arch. (Rangiroa); west to the Cook Islands and Line Islands at Kiritimati Atoll; excluding Marquesas Is. Victor, B.C. 2017 Review of the Indo-Pacific Pseudojuloides cerasinus species complex with a description of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:11-31. (Ref. 116679) FB-Size-68827 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-11-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 89972)) Bacchet, P., T. Zysman and Y. Lefèvre 2006 Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles. Tahiti (Polynésie Francaise): Éditions Au Vent des Îles. 608 p. (Ref. 89972) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68827 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-11-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68827 reef-associated; marine; depth range 30 - 70 m (Ref. 116679) Victor, B.C. 2017 Review of the Indo-Pacific Pseudojuloides cerasinus species complex with a description of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 29:11-31. (Ref. 116679)