Disappearing wrasse

Pseudocheilinus evanidus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth11–26 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsApril, August, and September
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The striated wrasse, also known as the disappearing wrasse, pinstripe wrasse or scarlet wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Striated wrasse”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 110 records
February: 163 records
March: 310 records
April: 516 records
May: 357 records
June: 454 records
July: 398 records
August: 578 records
September: 551 records
October: 419 records
November: 257 records
December: 64 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–26 m · Deepest record: 116 m

0–10 m: 275 records
10–20 m: 1,380 records
20–30 m: 1,799 records
30–40 m: 57 records
40–50 m: 15 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 7 records
70–80 m: 9 records
80–90 m: 19 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 376 records
26–28 °C: 50 records
28–30 °C: 294 records

Photos

no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Disappearing wrasse, Striated wrasse, Disappearing Pigmy Wrasse, Striated wrasse, disappearing wrasse, Pink-striped Wrasse, Pin-striped Wrasse, Pinstripe Wrasse, Scarlet Wrasse, striated wrasse

Names in 4 more languages

German: Weißbart-Zwerglippfisch, Weißwangen-Lippfisch
French: Labre éclipse, Labre pygmée furtif
Japanese: Hime-nisemochino-uo, Himenisemochinouo, ヒメニセモチノウオ
Simplified Chinese: 姬擬唇魚, 姬擬鸚鯛, 姬龍, 汕冷仔

Similar species

Pyjama
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Eight-lined Wrasse
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
Blue Groper
Achoerodus gouldii
Blue Groper
Achoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head Parrotfish
Chlorurus microrhinos

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
4,317 open-data records from 1902 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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