Japanese Wrasse
Pseudocoris yamashiroi
- Usual depth7–26 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–26 m · Deepest record: 47.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Japanese Wrasse, Pink Wrasse, Redspot wrasse, Yamashiro's Wrasse
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Yamashirobera, ヤマシロベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 山下氏擬盔魚, 山下氏擬鸚鯛, 粉紅龍
Other scientific names: Julis awayae, Julis yamashiroi
Similar species
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Clown wrasseCoris aygula
African Clown WrasseCoris gaimard
Sling-jaw wrasseEpibulus insidiator
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 222 open-data records from 1973 to 2018.
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