Blueside Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
The Blueside Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura) is a tropical marine fish of the family Labridae. It lives on and around reefs, between 2 and 30 m deep. It grows to 15 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
- Size
- 15 cmstandard length, tail fin excluded
- Depth
- 2–30 m
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Depth
surface
2 m30 m
Classification
- FamilyLabridae
- GenusCirrhilabrus
- SpeciesCirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Quick answers
- Blueside Wrasse size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 15 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
Related species
Scott's fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
Exquisite fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
Flame wrasseCirrhilabrus jordani
Dotted WrasseCirrhilabrus punctatus
Laboute's WrasseCirrhilabrus laboutei
Lavender WrasseCirrhilabrus lineatus
Solor WrasseCirrhilabrus solorensis
Peacock WrasseCirrhilabrus temminckii
Leopard wrasseMacropharyngodon meleagris
Cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus
Melanurus wrasseHalichoeres melanurus
Yellow coris wrasseHalichoeres chrysus
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.