STETHOJULIS NOTIALIS - (RANDALL, 2000)
Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Stethojulis (Genus)
Labre Fidjien, Fiji Wrasse, Southern wrasse,
Description
Initial Phase: Green back gradating to pale underside with fine dark regulations; broad yellow stripe from upper head to upper tail base.
Terminal Phase: Similar but with 4 dark barrs on the body and blue/green lines.
Depth range: 0 - 6 m. Max length: 7.4 cm SL.
Etymology
Stethojulis: Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast + Greek, ioulis, a fish dealing with genera Coris or Thalassoma.
notialis: Named for it's South Pacific distribution.
Originale description: Stethojulis notialis Randall, 2000 - Locality type: Suva Bay, Nukulau Island, southwestern corner of island, small bay, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, depth 0-1 m.
Distribution
Southwestern Pacific: Grande Terre Group (New Caledonia), Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa.
Biology
This species is demersal and inhabits flats with patchy reefs. It occurs in small groups over algal rubble on semi-open substrate.
Similar species
Stethojulis maculata (Schmidt, 1931) - Western North Pacific: Japan - Male terminal phase ressemble Stethojulis notialis.
Labre Fidjien, Fiji Wrasse, Southern wrasse,
Description
Initial Phase: Green back gradating to pale underside with fine dark regulations; broad yellow stripe from upper head to upper tail base.
Terminal Phase: Similar but with 4 dark barrs on the body and blue/green lines.
Depth range: 0 - 6 m. Max length: 7.4 cm SL.
Etymology
Stethojulis: Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast + Greek, ioulis, a fish dealing with genera Coris or Thalassoma.
notialis: Named for it's South Pacific distribution.
Originale description: Stethojulis notialis Randall, 2000 - Locality type: Suva Bay, Nukulau Island, southwestern corner of island, small bay, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, depth 0-1 m.
Distribution
Southwestern Pacific: Grande Terre Group (New Caledonia), Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa.
Biology
This species is demersal and inhabits flats with patchy reefs. It occurs in small groups over algal rubble on semi-open substrate.
Similar species
Stethojulis maculata (Schmidt, 1931) - Western North Pacific: Japan - Male terminal phase ressemble Stethojulis notialis.
Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker 1851) - Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa east to Philippines and Soloman Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.