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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Paracheilinus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Randall & Harmelin-Vivien.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 42 m (Ref. 26282), usually 10 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)

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Western Indian Ocean: known from three specimens from off Madagascar (Ref. 2152). Reported from the Comoro Islands (Ref. 41634).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Caudal fin slightly emarginate in juveniles to extremely lunate with filamentous lobes in adult males; six longitudinal dark brown lines on body (purple in life), only the sixth extending beyond the anterior half of body (it extends faintly to caudal peduncle).

Found in the outer reef slope of barrier reefs.

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Randall, J.E. and M.L. Harmelin-Vivien, 1977. A review of the labrid fishes of the genus Paracheilinus with descriptions of two new species from the western Indian Ocean. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris), sér. 3, (436):329-342. (Ref. 2152)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 March 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Aquarium: commercial

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Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus Randall & Harmelin-Vivien, 1977