Polylepion cruentum — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Labridae/Polylepion

At a glance

Occurrence records38

Data sources8

Biological traits7

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Polylepion cruentum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System16 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS38 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The bleeding wrasse (Polylepion cruentum) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length24 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceminor commercial

Other traits3

Depth max200 m

Depth min150 m

Vulnerability14

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Polylepion cruentum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type38 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO84 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit5

200–1000 m twilight3

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 191 m · max 239.5 m · 8 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 2>10 km 2

4 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 3

3 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	12
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
FishBaselocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja Californialocation not on record	1
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

7 institutions · 18 of 27 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code