CIRRHILABRUS PUNCTATUS - (RANDALL & KUITER, 1989)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Labriformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Cirrhilabrus (Genus)
Labre ponctué, Black-finned wrasse, Dotted wrasse, Fine-spotted wrasse, Fine-spotted fairy-wrasse, Finespot wrasse, Small-spotted wrasse, 大斑丝隆头鱼, 大斑絲隆頭魚,
Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Pectoral fin rays: 14-16; Median predorsal scales: 5-7; Rows of scales on cheek: 2, the lower row close to ventral margin of preopercle. Pelvic fins in male very long, often half or more of standard length. Caudal fin rounded. Max. length: 13.0 cm TL. Depth range: 2 - 35 m, usually: 5 - 28 m.
Color
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. Dorsal and anal fins of adults with a borad red submarginal band; Female with a black spot anteriorly in dorsal fin, male with a blackish band proximal to red zone in dorsal and anal fins.
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. Referring to numerous pale dots on head and body of both male and female color phases.
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: eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea, east to Fiji and Tonga, south to New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island.
Biology
Found over coral or rubble of shallow protected reefs, occasionally in exposed areas. Distinct pairing during breeding. Aquarium industry.
Similar species
Last update: 13, October 2024
Labre ponctué, Black-finned wrasse, Dotted wrasse, Fine-spotted wrasse, Fine-spotted fairy-wrasse, Finespot wrasse, Small-spotted wrasse, 大斑丝隆头鱼, 大斑絲隆頭魚,
Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Pectoral fin rays: 14-16; Median predorsal scales: 5-7; Rows of scales on cheek: 2, the lower row close to ventral margin of preopercle. Pelvic fins in male very long, often half or more of standard length. Caudal fin rounded. Max. length: 13.0 cm TL. Depth range: 2 - 35 m, usually: 5 - 28 m.
Color
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. Dorsal and anal fins of adults with a borad red submarginal band; Female with a black spot anteriorly in dorsal fin, male with a blackish band proximal to red zone in dorsal and anal fins.
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. Referring to numerous pale dots on head and body of both male and female color phases.
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: eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea, east to Fiji and Tonga, south to New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island.
Biology
Found over coral or rubble of shallow protected reefs, occasionally in exposed areas. Distinct pairing during breeding. Aquarium industry.
Similar species
- Cirrhilabrus beauperryi (Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008) - Reported from Western Pacific: northeastern Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
- Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851) - Reported from Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Christmas Island, east to Bali (Indonesia), north to southern Japan.
- Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (Smith, 1957) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
- Cirrhilabrus katherinae (Randall, 1992) - Reported from Western Pacific: Japan, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands.
- Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Allen, Randall & Carlson, 2003) - Reported from New Caledonia (Lifou).
- Cirrhilabrus temminckii (Bleeker, 1853) - Reported from Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia, east to Philippines, north to Korea and central Japan, south to northern Western Australia.
Last update: 13, October 2024