Biology:Cirrhilabrus

Cirrhilabrus, the fairy wrasses, is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to coral reefs and nearby habitats in the Indo-Pacific region. They are brightly colored and do not surpass 16 cm (6.3 in) in length. Males are larger and more colorful than females. They are commonly kept in aquaria.^[1]

Species

There are currently more than 60 recognized species in this genus:^[2]


Species	Common name	Image
Cirrhilabrus adornatus J. E. Randall & Kunzmann, 1998	Red-fin fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus adornatus (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus africanus Victor, 2016	African long-fin fairy-wrasse^[3]	File:Cirrhilabrus africanus (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus apterygia (G. R. Allen, 1983)	Mutant wrasse
Cirrhilabrus aquamarinus Tea, G. R. Allen & Dailami, 2021^[4]		File:Cirrhilabrus solorensis-2 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1999	Orangeback fairy-wrasse	File:Solor fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis) (25606798757) (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus balteatus J. E. Randall, 1988	Girdled fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus J. E. Randall & Nagareda, 2002	Deep-water fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus (10.5281-zenodo.570930) Figure 8 (cropped).png
Cirrhilabrus beauperryi G. R. Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008	Beau's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus blatteus V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1974	Purple-boned fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus blatteus (10.3897-zookeys.863.35580) Figure 5 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus briangreenei Tea, Pyle and Rocha, 2020^[5]		File:Cirrhilabrus briangreenei (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus brunneus G. R. Allen, 2006	Dusky fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2006	Cenderawasih fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus chaliasi Tea, G. R. Allen & Dailami, 2021^[4]		File:Cirrhilabrus chaliasi, Kalaotoa DIve Site, Selayar Islands Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia imported from iNaturalist photo 332507246 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus claire J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001	Claire's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus condei G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1996	Conde's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis Tea, Frable & A.C. Gill, 2018	Blue-throated fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851)	Blueside wrasse	File:Bluesided fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura) (42786087705) (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus earlei J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001	Orange-striped fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus efatensis F. Walsh, Tea & Tanaka, 2017	hooded fairy-wrasse^[6]	File:Cirrhilabrus efatensis (10.5281-zenodo.570930) Figure 4 (cropped).png
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957	Exquisite fairy-wrasse	File:Exquisite fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus) (41880841680) (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus filamentosus (Klausewitz, 1976)	Whip-fin fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa Tea, Najeeb, Rowlett & Rocha, 2022	File:Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa specimens - Oo 654788 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980	Yellow-fin fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus humanni G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012	Humann's fairy-wrasse^[7]
Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus G. R. Allen & M. P. Hammer, 2016	Monsoon fairy-wrasse^[8]
Cirrhilabrus isosceles Y. K. Tea, Senou & Greene, 2016	Pin-tail fairy-wrasse^[9]
Cirrhilabrus joanallenae G. R. Allen, 2000	Joan's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus johnsoni J. E. Randall, 1988	Johnson's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus jordani Snyder, 1904	Flame fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus katherinae J. E. Randall, 1992	Katherine's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus katoi Senou & Hirata, 2000		File:KurenaiIBRnup (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus laboutei J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982	Laboute's fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus laboutei (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus J. E. Randall & H. Masuda, 1991	Long-tailed fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus lineatus J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982	Purple-lined fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus lineatus 555070714 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980	Lubbock's fairy-wrasse	File:Labre de Lubbock (Cirrhilabrus lubbocki) (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus lunatus J. E. Randall & H. Masuda, 1991
Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus J. E. Randall, 1988	Yellow-band fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus, Butaritari, Kiribati imported from iNaturalist photo 344750979 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus marinda G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Dailami, 2015	Sail-fin fairy-wrasse^[10]
Cirrhilabrus marjorie G. R. Allen, J. E. Randall & B. A. Carlson, 2003	Marjorie's fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus Marjn (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus J. E. Randall & S. C. Shen, 1978	Black-fin fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus morrisoni G. R. Allen, 1999	Morrison's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus nahackyi F. M. Walsh & H. Tanaka, 2012	Nahacky's fairy-wrasse^[11]	File:Cirrhilabrus nahackyi (10.5281-zenodo.570930) Figure 7.png
Cirrhilabrus naokoae J. E. Randall & H. Tanaka, 2009	Naoko's fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus naokoae (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus punctatus J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1989	Dotted fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus pylei G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1996	Pyle's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus randalli G. R. Allen, 1995	Randall's fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis J. E. Randall,	Rhomboid fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus roseafascia J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982	Pink-banded fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubeus Victor, 2016	Ruby long-fin fairy-wrasse^[3]
Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus J. E. Randall, 1992	Red-margined fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980	Redfin wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis, montani point, Sabang Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines imported from iNaturalist photo 32668541 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis J. E. Randall & Emery, 1983	Rosy-scales fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1974	Long-fin fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis Ishikawa, 1904^[10]		File:Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura 1 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus sanguineus Cornic, 1987	Red-blotched fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus sanguineus (10.3897-zookeys.863.35580) Figure 5 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus scottorum J. E. Randall & R. M. Pyle, 1989	Scott's fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus scottorum, Oqea Levu, Fiji imported from iNaturalist photo 444189889 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus shutmani Tea & A.C. Gill, 2017	Magma fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus solorensis Bleeker 1853	Red-eye fairy-wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus solorensis 332727275 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus squirei F. M. Walsh, 2014	Squire's fairy-wrasse^[12]
Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, 1853	Thread-fin fairy-wrasse	File:ItohikiBRosu.jpg
Cirrhilabrus tonozukai G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1999	Tono's fairy-wrasse	File:Tono's wrasse (Cirrhilabrus tonozukai) (31434171658) (cropped 2).jpg
Cirrhilabrus wakanda Tea, Pinheiro, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019	Vibranium fairy wrasse	File:Cirrhilabrus wakanda (10.3897-zookeys.863.35580) Figure 4 (cropped).jpg
Cirrhilabrus walindi G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1996	Walindi fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus walshi J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001

References

↑ Schultz, H.C. III (2008). "The Fairy Wrasses: Cirrhilabrus spp.". Reefkeeping. Reef Central, LLC. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/hcs3/index.php.
↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Cirrhilabrus in FishBase. February 2023 version.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Victor, B.C. (2016): Two new species in the spike-fin fairy-wrasse species complex (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23: 21–50.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Tea, Y.-K.; Allen, G.R.; Dailami, M. (2021). "Redescription of Cirrhilabrus solorensis Bleeker, with Description of Two New Species of Fairy Wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus)". Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (3): 669–684. doi:10.1643/i2021022.
↑ Tea, Yi-Kai; Pyle, Richard L.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-02-24). "A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines". Copeia 108 (1): 91–102. doi:10.1643/CI-19-297. ISSN 0045-8511. https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-1/CI-19-297/A-New-Species-of-Fairy-Wrasse-Teleostei--Labridae/10.1643/CI-19-297.full.
↑ Walsh, F., Tea, Y.K. & Tanaka, H. (2017): Cirrhilabrus efatensis, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26: 68-79.
↑ Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. University of Hawai'i Press. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. 1292pp. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
↑ Allen, G.R. & Hammer, M.P. (2016): Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus, a new species of fairy wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from the Timor Sea, northern Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 22: 41–52.
↑ Tea, Y.-K., Senou, H. & Greene, B.D. (2016): Cirrhilabrus isosceles, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Philippines, with notes on the C. lunatus complex. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 18-37.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Dailami, M. (2015): Cirrhilabrus marinda, a new species of wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 15: 1–15.
↑ Walsh, F. & Tanaka, H. (2012): Cirrhilabrus nahackyi, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the South Pacific. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 1-8.
↑ Walsh, F. (2014): Cirrhilabrus squirei, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 123-130.

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[Schultz2008-1] Schultz, H.C. III (2008). "The Fairy Wrasses: Cirrhilabrus spp.". Reefkeeping. Reef Central, LLC. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/hcs3/index.php.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Cirrhilabrus in FishBase. February 2023 version.

[Victor2016-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Victor, B.C. (2016): Two new species in the spike-fin fairy-wrasse species complex (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23: 21–50.

[Tea2021-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Tea, Y.-K.; Allen, G.R.; Dailami, M. (2021). "Redescription of Cirrhilabrus solorensis Bleeker, with Description of Two New Species of Fairy Wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus)". Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (3): 669–684. doi:10.1643/i2021022.

[5] Tea, Yi-Kai; Pyle, Richard L.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-02-24). "A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines". Copeia 108 (1): 91–102. doi:10.1643/CI-19-297. ISSN 0045-8511. https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-1/CI-19-297/A-New-Species-of-Fairy-Wrasse-Teleostei--Labridae/10.1643/CI-19-297.full.

[Walsh2017-6] Walsh, F., Tea, Y.K. & Tanaka, H. (2017): Cirrhilabrus efatensis, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26: 68-79.

[Allen2012-7] Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. University of Hawai'i Press. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. 1292pp. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.

[Allen2016-8] Allen, G.R. & Hammer, M.P. (2016): Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus, a new species of fairy wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from the Timor Sea, northern Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 22: 41–52.

[Tea2016-9] Tea, Y.-K., Senou, H. & Greene, B.D. (2016): Cirrhilabrus isosceles, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Philippines, with notes on the C. lunatus complex. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 18-37.

[Allen2015-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Dailami, M. (2015): Cirrhilabrus marinda, a new species of wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 15: 1–15.

[Walsh2012-11] Walsh, F. & Tanaka, H. (2012): Cirrhilabrus nahackyi, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the South Pacific. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 1-8.

[Walsh2014-12] Walsh, F. (2014): Cirrhilabrus squirei, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (3): 123-130.

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