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Exquisite wrasse
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Exquisite wrasse
- Scientific
- Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 6 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2009
Description
A small fairy wrasse with a large oval black spot on the tail base; nuptial males flash brilliant blue, green and red. It reaches about 12 cm and feeds on zooplankton in mixed groups above rubble and patch reefs in current.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cirrhilabrus-exquisitus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Exquisite_fairy_wrasse_(Cirrhilabrus_exquisitus)_(418808416
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.