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Kaleidos Wrasse

Pseudojuloides kaleidos

Also known as: Bluenose Wrasse, Fairy Wrasse, Nebulous Wrasse, Sand Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, in current prone channels, over rubble slopes, of reefs rich in mixed algae and invertebrate growth.
Juveniles orange with yellow snout-tip.

Most reef fish seen by divers during the day, are grazers, they cruise around, just above the surface of the coral, or snoop into crevices, foraging for food.
Wrasses have small protruding teeth, which they use to graze the bottom, taking in a variety of algae, crustaceans, such as crabs, eggs, shrimps, snails and worms. Any hard coats or thick shells, are then ground down by their pharyngeal jaws, and the delicacies inside digested.
From juvenile to adult, wrasses dramatically alter their colour and body shapes.
Wrasses are always on the go during the day, but are the first to go to bed and the last to rise.
Small wrasses dive below the sand to sleep, and larger wrasses wedge themselves in crevices.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
yellow snout tip

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
LIVES IN

Found singly or in small schools, in current prone channels, over rubble slopes, of reefs rich in mixed algae and invertebrate growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusPseudojuloides
    7. speciesPseudojuloides kaleidos Kuiter & Randall, 1995

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)