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Etymology: Cirrhilabrus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335). More on author: Randall.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 30 - 55 m (Ref. 48636). Subtropical, preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: Okinawa and the Ogasawara Islands. Also recorded from Taiwan (Ref. 48452); Bali and Sangihe Islands in Indonesia (Ref. 47567).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10692); 4.5 cm SL (female)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 11;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 9. In females, upper and middle part of body with several orange-red longitudinal stripes from snout to caudal peduncle; whitish on abdomen, thorax, and lower part of head (Ref. 48452). Young specimens with a black spot on upper part of caudal and 3 dark red stripes on upper part of body (Ref. 48452). Caudal fin rounded in female and young fish; strongly lunate in male (Ref. 48452).
Collected at depths ranging from 32 to 45 m on dead coral and rubble substratum.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Randall, J.E., 1992. A review of the labrid fishes of the genus Cirrhilabrus from Japan, Taiwan and the Mariana Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Micronesica 25(1):99-121. (Ref. 5278)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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