Red-breasted wrasse

Red-breasted wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Concholabrus
Species:
C. fasciatus
Binomial name
Concholabrus fasciatus
(Bloch, 1791)
Synonyms[2][3]
List
    • Sparus fasciatus Bloch, 1791
    • Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
    • Cheilenus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
    • Cheilinus fasciatus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
    • Labrus enneacanthus Lacépède, 1801
    • Sparus bandatus Perry, 1810

The red-breasted wrasse (Concholabrus fasciatus) is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Taxonomy

The red-breasted wrasse has long been placed within the genus Cheilinus, though the advent of genetic analysis revealed it was in fact closer to the slingjaw wrasses of genus Epibulus, being their sister taxon. As a result, it was moved to the newly erected genus Concholabrus in 2025, as part of a greater taxonomic revision of the wrasse family.[4][3]

Description

This species can reach a maximum of 40 cm (16 in) in standard length.[2] Its head is greenish-blue, followed by a distinctive red-orange band followed by black and white stripes. Terminal phase fishes generally have a more pronounced red band and convex forehead than initial phase and juvenile fish.

Distribution

The red-breasted wrasse is native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and the African coast to the islands of the western Pacific.[2]

Habitat and diet

The red-breasted wrasse lives in lagoons and seaward reefs in areas mixing rubble, coral, and sand at depths of from 4 to 60 m (13 to 197 ft) though rarer below 40 m (130 ft).[2]

It feeds mainly on crustaceans, sea urchins, mollusks, and other hard-shelled invertebrates.[5]

References

  1. ^ Shea, S.; Liu, M. (2010). "Cheilinus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T187739A8617081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187739A8617081.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cheilinus fasciatus". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. ^ a b Bailly N (ed.). "Concholabrus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  4. ^ Thomas J. Near; Chase D. Brownstein; Christine E. Thacker; Peter C. Wainwright (16 October 2025). "Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Labridae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 66 (2): 263–338. doi:10.3374/014.066.0201.
  5. ^ "Facts about Cheilinus fasciatus - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-09-11.


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