Cirrhilabrus earlei
Cirrhilabrus earlei - C (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species:
C. earlei
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus earlei
Randall & Pyle, 2001

Cirrhilabrus earlei is a species of fairy wrasse. They occur in the Western Central Pacific, Palau and Micronesia. In 2001 John Randall and Richard Pyle officially documented and described the species. Cirrhilabrus earlei is the known to the twilight reefs of Palau and the Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[2] They live under depth range of 60–92 m, and its length is 6.9 cm SL.[3] Male Cirrhilabrus earlei are adorned with sword-shaped tails, the tiny female species are same as male stimulates the male into the nuptial.[4][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cirrhilabrus earlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 Hammond, Hunter (2013-08-06). "Rare Wrasses of the World: Cirrhilabrus earlei (Vol. 1, Ed. 1)". Reefs.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  3. ↑ Tea, Yi-Kai; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Shepherd, Bart; Rocha, Luiz A. (2019-11-07). "Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)". ZooKeys. 863: 85–96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.863.35580. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6639353.
  4. ↑ TYK, Lemon (2013-08-15). "Awesome Fish Spotlight: Cirrhilabrus earlei". Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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