Scarlet wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Pseudolabrus
Species:	P. miles
Binomial name
Pseudolabrus miles (Schneider & Forster, 1801)

The scarlet wrasse or soldier, Pseudolabrus miles, is a wrasse of the genus Pseudolabrus, found around New Zealand in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 100 metres. Its length is between 20 and 40 centimetres.

[edit] References

• Pseudolabrus miles (TSN 170785). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 April 2006.
• "Pseudolabrus miles". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
• Wade Doak, A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 2003) ISBN 1-877246-95-6