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Pseudolabrus miles (Schneider & Forster, 1801)

Scarlet wrasse
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Puuwaiwhakarua, Scarlet wrasse, Soldier
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the Three Kings Islands to Snares Islands (Ref. 45524). Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Museum: Stewart I., NMNZ 5621. Betsy I., Boat Group, NMNZ 5622. Kundy I., NMNZ 1924. Tow Rock, AMS I.19673-002. Cape Saunders, AMS I.14752 - I.14754, I.19674-001. Open Bay, NMNZ 2683. Caswell Sound, NMNZ 1004. 'Canberbury', CMC 957. Pencarrow Head, NMNZ 740. Cape Lambert, NMNZ 937. Goat I., Leigh, AMS I.18281-012. Poor Knights Is., AMS I.19279-001, NMNZ 6260. Bay of Islands, CMC 956. Three Kings Is., NMNZ 5575 (Ref. 26203). Also Ref. 5755, 45493.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Russell, B.C., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Pseudolabrus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, labrax = a fish, Dicentrarchus labrax (Ref. 45335);  miles: Specific epithet 'miles' is from the Latin word soldier; referring to the scarlet body color resembling 19th century soldier's uniforms..
  More on authors: Schneider & Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 4 - 40 m (Ref. 26203), usually 10 - 40 m (Ref. 26203).   Temperate

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southwest Pacific: known only from New Zealand including the Snares Islands, Stewart Island, Clatham Islands, and the Three Kings Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26203); 26.9 cm SL (female)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feeds on small mobile animals, preferably crabs. Searches for food among encrusting organisms and algal holdfasts using the large forward-jutting canine teeth to rake its food from the substratum (Ref. 26966).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous, with distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Westneat, Mark | Collaboratori

Russell, B.C., 1988. Revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudolabrus and allied genera. Rec. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. 9):1-72. (Ref. 26203)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 June 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.8 - 16.6, mean 15 (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.00870 - 0.03023), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (23 of 100).