Scarlet wrasse
Pseudocheilinus evanidus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Pseudocheilinus
Where to Find
Found in 44 diving areas across 26 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 19 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 22 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 39 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 40 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 68 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 136 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 28 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 40 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 20 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 32 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 12 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 31 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 71 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 15 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 91 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 82 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 76 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 15 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 19 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 7 records