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Polynesian pencil wrasse (Pseudojuloides polynesica)
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Polynesian pencil wrasse (Pseudojuloides polynesica) specimen
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Labridae

Polynesian pencil wrasse

Pseudojuloides polynesica

Twelve Centimeters Wrasse from Central Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Polynesian pencil wrasse is a marine fish found around Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: French Polynesia (Austral, Tahiti and Moorea, Society Is.); Tuamotu Arch. (Rangiroa); west to the Cook Islands and Line Islands at Kiritimati Atoll; excluding Marquesas Is.

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