Biology:Rosy-scales fairy-wrasse
| Rosy-scales fairy-wrasse | |
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| Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis (male in circular close-up, females marked by white arrows) and anthias | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Cirrhilabrus |
| Species: | C. rubrisquamis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis J. E. Randall & Emery, 1983
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The rosy-scales fairy-wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis), also known as the red velvet fairy wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.[2] It is found at mesophotic reefs at depths between 41 and 70 m (135–230 ft).[2][3]
C. rubrisquamis can reach a standard length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in).[3] It is considered data deficient by the IUCN,[1] and is generally very poorly know, but it is possible that the similar C. wakanda (described as a new species from coastal East Africa in 2019) is a junior synonym of C. rubrisquamis.[2] Conversely, C. rubrisquamis was formerly considered to occur in the Maldives and Sri Lanka, but in 2022 this population was described as a new species C. finifenmaa.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rocha, L. (2010). "Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187581A8574221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187581A8574221.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187581/8574221. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tea, Y.-K.; Najeeb, A.; Rowlett, J.; Rocha, L.A. (2022). "Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa (Teleostei, Labridae), a new species of fairy wrasse from the Maldives, with comments on the taxonomic identity of C. rubrisquamis and C. wakanda". ZooKeys (1088): 65–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1088.78139. PMID 35437369.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2133090 entry
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