Six-line wrasse
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
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 69 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 52 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 24 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 61 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 38 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 50 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 32 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 36 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 76 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 16 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 14 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 36 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 75 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 858 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 9 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 158 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 72 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 125 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 10 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 62 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 32 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 40 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 52 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 44 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 23 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 37 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 66 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 65 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 15 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 56 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 56 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 15 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 7 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 35 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 36 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 46 records