Cirrhilabrus

Cirrhilabrus
Cirrhilabrus claire
Cirrhilabrus katoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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 is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to reefs in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, commonly kept in aquaria.^[1]

Species

There are currently 55 recognized species in this genus:

• Cirrhilabrus adornatus J. E. Randall & Kunzmann, 1998 (Red-fin fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus africanus Victor, 2016 (African long-fin fairy-wrasse) ^[2]
• Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1999 (Orange-back fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus balteatus J. E. Randall, 1988 (Girdled fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus J. E. Randall & Nagareda, 2002 (Deep-water fairy-wrasse)
• 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)
• Cirrhilabrus brunneus G. R. Allen, 2006 (Dusky fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2006 (Cenderawasih fairy-wrasse)
• 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 cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) (Blue-side fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus earlei J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001 (Orange-striped fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus exquisitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Exquisite fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus filamentosus (Klausewitz, 1976) (Whip-fin fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980 (Yellow-fin fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus humanni G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Humann's fairy-wrasse) ^[3]
• Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus G. R. Allen & M. P. Hammer, 2016 (Monsoon fairy-wrasse) ^[4]
• Cirrhilabrus isosceles Y. K. Tea, Senou & Greene, 2016 (Pin-tail fairy-wrasse) ^[5]
• 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
• Cirrhilabrus laboutei J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982 (Laboute's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus J. E. Randall & H. Masuda, 1991 (Long-tailed fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus lineatus J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982 (Purple-lined fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus lubbocki J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980 (Lubbock's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus lunatus J. E. Randall & H. Masuda, 1991
• Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus J. E. Randall, 1988 (Yellow-band fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus marinda G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Dailami, 2015 (Sail-fin fairy-wrasse) ^[6]
• Cirrhilabrus marjorie G. R. Allen, J. E. Randall & B. A. Carlson, 2003 (Marjorie's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus J. E. Randall & S. C. Shen, 1978 (Black-fin fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus morrisoni G. R. Allen, 1999 (Morrison's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus nahackyi F. M. Walsh & H. Tanaka, 2012 (Nahacky's fairy-wrasse) ^[7]
• Cirrhilabrus naokoae J. E. Randall & H. Tanaka, 2009 (Naoko's fairy-wrasse)
• 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, 1988 (Rhomboid fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus roseafascia J. E. Randall & Lubbock, 1982 (Pink-banded fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus rubeus Victor, 2016 (Ruby long-fin fairy-wrasse) ^[2]
• Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus J. E. Randall, 1992 (Red-margined fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis J. E. Randall & K. E. Carpenter, 1980
• 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 ^[6]
• Cirrhilabrus sanguineus Cornic, 1987 (Red-blotched fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus scottorum J. E. Randall & Pyle, 1989 (Scott's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (Red-eyed fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus squirei F. M. Walsh, 2014 (Squire's fairy-wrasse) ^[8]
• Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, 1853 (Thread-fin fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus tonozukai G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1999 (Tono's fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus walindi G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1996 (Walindi fairy-wrasse)
• Cirrhilabrus walshi J. E. Randall & Pyle, 2001

References

1. Schultz, H.C. III (2008). "The Fairy Wrasses: Cirrhilabrus spp.". Reefkeeping. Reef Central, LLC.
2. 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.
3. Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. 1292pp. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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.