Red-eye wrasse

Red-eye wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: C. solorensis
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus solorensis
Bleeker, 1853

The red-eyed wrasse, Cirrhilabrus solorensis, is a species of wrasse native to Indonesia and Christmas Island,[1] though claims have been made of a wider distribution. It inhabits coral reefs on coastal and outer reef lagoons at depths of 5 to 35 m (16 to 115 ft). It can reach a total length of 11 cm (4.3 in).[2] It can be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

It occurs in small harems of one male, several females and juveniles.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rocha, L. & Suharti, S. 2010. Cirrhilabrus solorensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 03 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhilabrus solorensis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. Bray, Dianne. "Red-eye Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus solorensis". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.


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