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Scarlet wrasse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Pseudolabrus
Species:	P. miles
Binomial name
Pseudolabrus miles (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
Labrus miles J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801 Julis miles (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801) Labrichthys miles (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801) Labrus coccineus J. R. Forster, 1801 (ambiguous) Labrichthys roseipunctata F. W. Hutton, 1880 Pseudolabrus roseipunctatus (F. W. Hutton, 1880) Pseudolabrus cossyphoides Steindachner, 1900

Pseudolabrus miles, the scarlet wrasse, is a species of wrasse endemic to the waters around New Zealand. It is an inhabitant of reefs where it can be found at depths of from 4 to 40 metres (13 to 131 ft), though usually deeper than 10 metres (33 ft). Males of this species can reach a length of 27.2 centimetres (10.7 in) SL while females are slightly smaller at 26.9 centimetres (10.6 in).

References

1. Russell, B. (2010). "Pseudolabrus miles". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187481A8547583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187481A8547583.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudolabrus miles". FishBase. August 2019 version.

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Pseudolabrus
• Fish described in 1801
• Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster