Biology:Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus

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Short description: Species of fish

Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species:
C. hygroxerus
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus
Allen & Hammer, 2016

Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus is a species of fish in the wrasse family. They originated from the eastern Timor Sea, Northern Territory, Australia.[1][2] Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus are between 2 and 2.5 inches, it is described from 19 type specimens.[3] The species complex consists of five other Indo-Pacific species: Cirrhilabrus joanallenae (western Sumatra), Cirrhilabrus humanni (western Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia), Cirrhilabrus morrisoni (Hibernia Reef, western Timor Sea), Cirrhilabrus naokoae (Nias Island, western Sumatra), and Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis (the Red Sea, western Indian Ocean, Maldives, and Sri Lanka).[4] Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus are found at a depth of around 20 meters.Cirrhilabrus morrisoni and new Cirrhilabrus humanni relatively new adjoining natural ranges with Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus. The Australian version of Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus has bright white ventral part in its body and the rest of the female monsoon wrasses[5].

References

Wikidata ☰ Q27242247 entry