Exquisite wrasse

Exquisite wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: C. exquisitus
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
J. L. B. Smith, 1957

The exquisite wrasse, Cirrhilabrus exquisitus, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the African coast to the Tuamotus in the Pacific Ocean. It inhabits reefs at depths from 6 to 40 m (20 to 131 ft), though rarely deeper than 10 m (33 ft). This species can reach a standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Common Name

Exquisite wrasse

Habitat

Salt water

Dispersion

Thai Sea Boundary

Utilization

Aquarium: Trade

References

  1. Yeeting, B. & Rocha, L. 2010. Cirrhilabrus exquisitus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 03 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhilabrus exquisitus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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