Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)
Smalltail wrasse
photo by Pardau, B.

Family:  Labridae (Wrasses), subfamily: Corinae
Max. size:  8.96 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 104 m
Distribution:  Eastern Pacific: known only from Hawaii. Once considered a pan-Indo-Pacific species, but now confined to the Hawaiian Islands and forms a species complex with the following in the Pacific: Pseudojuloides splendens (Japan to Australia and most South Pacific area); P. polynesica (Fr. Polynesia and Line islands; P. pyrius (endemic to the Marquesas Islands); in the Indian Ocean P. xanthomos (Mauritius); P. polackorum (South Africa to Madagascar); and P. kaleidos (Eastern Indian Ocean).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Engybenthiic, found over coral and rubble, usually at depths greater than 21 m (Ref. 58302).
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 12 June 2008 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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