Blue-banded wrasse

The blue-banded wrasse (Choerodon typus) is a species of wrasse native to the easternmost Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reefs, preferring substrates of flat sand or rubble at depths of from 15 to 85 m (49 to 279 ft). This species grows to 12 cm (4.7 in) in standard length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.^[2]

Blue-banded wrasse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Choerodon Bleeker, 1840
Species:	C. typus
Binomial name
Choerodon typus Bleeker, 1856
Synonyms
Genus: Peaolopesia J. L. B. Smith, 1949 Species: Xiphochilus quadrimaculatus Günther, 1880 Xiphocheilus quadrimaculatus Günther, 1880

Taxonomy

It was previously thought to be the only species of the genus Xiphocheilus, but this was refuted when molecular phylogenetics showed that it nests deep within the genus Choerodon.^[3][4]