Pseudojuloides kaleidos

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Allen, G.R. |author2=Russell, B. |author3=Sadovy, Y.J. |date=2010 |title=Pseudojuloides kaleidos |volume=2010 |page=e.T155252A4757843 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155252A4757843.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|taxon = Pseudojuloides kaleidos

|authority= Kuiter & Randall, 1995

}}

Pseudojuloides kaleidos, the Kaleidos wrasse{{FishBase|genus=Pseudojuloides|species=kaleidos|id=57494|accessdate=2018-11-21}} or blue-nose wrasse,{{cite book |last1=Kuiter |first1=Rudie H. |last2=Godfrey |first2=Timothy |title=Fishes of the Maldives : Indian Ocean |date=2014 |publisher=Atoll Editions |isbn=9781876410971 |edition=2.}} 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 {{cvt|20–35|m}}. The Kaleidos wrasse reaches {{cvt|10|cm}} 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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