Cirrhilabrus

Cirrhilabrus
Cirrhilabrus katoi
Cirrhilabrus claire
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Type species
Cirrhilabrus temminckii
Bleeker, 1853
Synonyms

Cheilinoides Bleeker, 1851
Cirrhilabrichthys Klausewitz, 1976
Neocirrhilabrus Cheng & Wang, 1979

Cirrhilabrus briangreenei
Cirrhilabrus efatensis
Exquisite fairy wrasse (C. exquisitus)
Cirrhilabrus naokoae
Red-eye fairy-wrasse (C. solorensis)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ Schultz, H.C. III (2008). "The Fairy Wrasses: Cirrhilabrus spp". Reefkeeping. Reef Central, LLC.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhilabrus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. S2CID 238638255.
  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. S2CID 213676236.
  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.
  7. ^ Yi-Kai Tea; Ahmed Najeeb; Joseph Rowlett; Luiz A. Rocha (March 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. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1088...65T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1088.78139. PMC 8924139. PMID 35437369. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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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