Pseudolabrus miles (Schneider & Forster, 1801)
Scarlet wrasse
Pseudolabrus miles
photo by Denny, C.

Family:  Labridae (Wrasses)
Max. size:  27.2 cm SL (male/unsexed); 26.9 cm SL (female)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 4 - 40 m
Distribution:  Southwest Pacific: known only from New Zealand including the Snares Islands, Stewart Island, Clatham Islands, and the Three Kings Islands.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Feeds on small mobile animals, preferably crabs. Searches for food among encrusting organisms and algal holdfasts using the large forward-jutting canine teeth to rake its food from the substratum (Ref. 26966).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 June 2008 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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