Cocktail wrasse

Pteragogus flagellifer

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–74 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember and October
How commonRare

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About this species

Pteragogus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Pteragogus”, 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: 6 records
February: 5 records
March: 3 records
April: 5 records
May: 5 records
June: 3 records
July: 5 records
August: 6 records
September: 18 records
October: 13 records
November: 8 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–74 m · Deepest record: 150 m

0–10 m: 11 records
10–20 m: 10 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 21 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 42 records
28–30 °C: 20 records

Names and classification

English: Cocktail wrasse, cocktailfish, Cocktail Fish, cocktail wrasse, Flagfin Wrasse

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Itohikiohagurobera, Ohagurobera, イトヒキオハグロベラ

Other scientific names: Ctenolabrus flagellifer, Daymaeria flagellifera, Duymaeria flagellifera, Labrus ramentosus, Pteragogus flagellifera, Pteragogus flagelliferum

Similar species

Cockerel Wrasse
Pteragogus enneacanthus
Cryptic Wrasse
Pteragogus cryptus
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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
239 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.

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