CIRRHILABRUS PUNCTATUS - (RANDALL & KUITER, 1989)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Labriformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Cirrhilabrus (Genus)
Black-finned wrasse, Dotted wrasse, Fine-spotted Wrasse, Fine-spotted fairy-wrasse, Finespot wrasse, Small-spotted wrasse,
Espèces ressemblantes
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (Smith, 1957) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Présent en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Allen, Randall & Carlson, 2003) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Présent en Nouvelle-Calédonie (Lifou).
Cirrhilabrus beauperryi (Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008) - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus katherinae (Randall, 1992) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Pelvic fins in male very long, often half or more of standard length. Upper three-fourths of the body dark gray to reddish with pink to blue dots, lower fourth white; a black spot at the base of the pectoral fins; females and juveniles with a black spot at the upper base of the caudal fin. Max length : 13.0 cm TL. Depth range 2 - 35 m, usually 5 - 28 m.
Etymology
Cirrhilabrus: from Latin, cirrus = curl, fringe + from Latin, labrum = lip, rim or edge (type genus of family); Referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid (Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus) and Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias) according to Petrus Artedi (Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (1705 – 1735) was a Swedish naturalist who is known as the "father of ichthyology")).
punctatus: Latin, punctatus = punctuate.
Original description: Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall & Kuiter, 1989 - Type locality: Patch reef, lagoon, One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 2 meters.
Distribution
Southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Fiji to Tonga.
Biology
Found over coral or rubble of shallow protected reefs, occasionally in exposed areas. Distinct pairing during breeding.
Similar species
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (Smith, 1957) - Reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Allen, Randall & Carlson, 2003) - Reported from New Caledonia (Lifou).
Cirrhilabrus beauperryi (Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008) - Papua New Guinea; observed at the Solomon Islands and other areas in Papua New Guinea, including Bismark Archipelago. The two species are clearly separable on the basis of colour pattern. Terminal-phase individuals of Cirrhilabrus beauperryi are generally purplish grading to blue ventrally and greenish or yellowish brown dorsally with a broad purple stripe along the basal half of the otherwise pale yellow dorsal fin. In contrast, terminal-phase Cirrhilabrus punctatus are generally reddish brown to dark grey on the upper two-thirds of the head and body and abruptly white below with broad black stripes along the base of mainly red dorsal and anal fins. They also differ noticeably with respect to the colouration on the base of the pectoral fins: in Cirrhilabrus beauperryi it is mainly violet with a narrow, inconspicuous purple bar; that of Cirrhilabrus punctatus is prominently marked with a broad black bar. The pectoral-base marking is also useful for distinguishing initial-phase fish. The terminal phase of Cirrhilabrus beauperryi also exhibits a unique median head profile characterized by a rounded forehead and concave interorbital region. DNA analysis reveals the two species are genetically distinct.
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) - Not reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus katherinae (Randall, 1992) - Not reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) - Not reported from New Caledonia.
Black-finned wrasse, Dotted wrasse, Fine-spotted Wrasse, Fine-spotted fairy-wrasse, Finespot wrasse, Small-spotted wrasse,
Espèces ressemblantes
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (Smith, 1957) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Présent en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Allen, Randall & Carlson, 2003) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Présent en Nouvelle-Calédonie (Lifou).
Cirrhilabrus beauperryi (Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008) - Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus katherinae (Randall, 1992) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Cirrhilabrus temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) - Patron de coloration identique pour les juvéniles - Absent de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Pelvic fins in male very long, often half or more of standard length. Upper three-fourths of the body dark gray to reddish with pink to blue dots, lower fourth white; a black spot at the base of the pectoral fins; females and juveniles with a black spot at the upper base of the caudal fin. Max length : 13.0 cm TL. Depth range 2 - 35 m, usually 5 - 28 m.
Etymology
Cirrhilabrus: from Latin, cirrus = curl, fringe + from Latin, labrum = lip, rim or edge (type genus of family); Referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid (Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus) and Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias) according to Petrus Artedi (Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (1705 – 1735) was a Swedish naturalist who is known as the "father of ichthyology")).
punctatus: Latin, punctatus = punctuate.
Original description: Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall & Kuiter, 1989 - Type locality: Patch reef, lagoon, One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 2 meters.
Distribution
Southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Fiji to Tonga.
Biology
Found over coral or rubble of shallow protected reefs, occasionally in exposed areas. Distinct pairing during breeding.
Similar species
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (Smith, 1957) - Reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Allen, Randall & Carlson, 2003) - Reported from New Caledonia (Lifou).
Cirrhilabrus beauperryi (Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008) - Papua New Guinea; observed at the Solomon Islands and other areas in Papua New Guinea, including Bismark Archipelago. The two species are clearly separable on the basis of colour pattern. Terminal-phase individuals of Cirrhilabrus beauperryi are generally purplish grading to blue ventrally and greenish or yellowish brown dorsally with a broad purple stripe along the basal half of the otherwise pale yellow dorsal fin. In contrast, terminal-phase Cirrhilabrus punctatus are generally reddish brown to dark grey on the upper two-thirds of the head and body and abruptly white below with broad black stripes along the base of mainly red dorsal and anal fins. They also differ noticeably with respect to the colouration on the base of the pectoral fins: in Cirrhilabrus beauperryi it is mainly violet with a narrow, inconspicuous purple bar; that of Cirrhilabrus punctatus is prominently marked with a broad black bar. The pectoral-base marking is also useful for distinguishing initial-phase fish. The terminal phase of Cirrhilabrus beauperryi also exhibits a unique median head profile characterized by a rounded forehead and concave interorbital region. DNA analysis reveals the two species are genetically distinct.
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) - Not reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus katherinae (Randall, 1992) - Not reported from New Caledonia.
Cirrhilabrus temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) - Not reported from New Caledonia.