Cockerel Wrasse

Pteragogus enneacanthus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth4–24 m
Water temperature19–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and September
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: no rights reserved, uploaded by Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 15 records
February: 11 records
March: 26 records
April: 41 records
May: 55 records
June: 34 records
July: 27 records
August: 33 records
September: 44 records
October: 40 records
November: 37 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–24 m · Deepest record: 1,518 m

0–10 m: 27 records
10–20 m: 25 records
20–30 m: 10 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 35 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 28 records
28–30 °C: 41 records

Photos

(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Cockerel Wrasse, Redstriped Wrasse

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Kitsuneohagurobera, キツネオハグロベラ
Simplified Chinese: 九棘高体盔鱼, 九棘高體盔魚, 曳絲鸚鯛, 瘦牙, 砂遍羅, 絲仔魚, 絲鰭鸚鯛, 荔枝魚, 貓仔魚婆, 黃鶯魚

Other scientific names: Crenilabrus enneacanthus, Duymaeria amboinensis, Duymaeria enneacanthus, Pteragogus amboinensis, Pteragogus enneacantus, Pterogogus enneacanthus

Similar species

Cryptic Wrasse
Pteragogus cryptus
Cocktail wrasse
Pteragogus flagellifer
Tripletail wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head Parrotfish
Chlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfish
Chlorurus sordidus
Clown wrasse
Coris aygula

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).
198 open-data records from 1931 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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