Bluesided Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: TP - Blue to blue-green upper head and forebody, orange to brown to green rear body, pale belly.
Favourite: Solitary or form aggregations.
Hide-out: Mixed coral and rubble areas of lagoons and seaward slopes in 2-25m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Andaman Sea to Papua New Guinea. S.W. Japan to N.W. Australia and Great Barrier Reef.