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Blue-nose Wrasse
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Blue-nose Wrasse

Pseudojuloides kaleidos

Pseudojuloides kaleidos, the Kaleidos wrasse or blue-nose wrasse, is a species of saltwater fish. It is an uncommon fish with a distribution in the Indian Ocean including off the Maldives east to Indonesia.

It lives on reef slopes and flats at depths of 20–35 m (66–115 ft). The Kaleidos wrasse reaches 10 cm (3.9 in) in length. Both sexes begin a brownish pink color with a pale yellow tip on the snout, with males maturing to bright colors within about a week.

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