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Cirrhilabrus adornatus

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Cirrhilabrus adornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species:
C. adornatus
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus adornatus
Randall & Kunzmann, 1998

Cirrhilabrus adornatus is a species of the labrid fish genus Cirrhilabrus and is also known as the red-fin fairy wrasse or Debelius fairy wrasse. They are found in the Eastern Indian Ocean which is known only from Indonesia (Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands) over a rubble bottom of 1212m. Male Cirrhilabrus adornatus have two large triangular bright red blotches on the body which are white to pale pink. Female with a black spot three-fourths orbit diameter posteriorly on side of caudal peduncle and shading to white ventrally on head and abdomen. They are small species with a height of 63.4 mm SL, body depth 2.9-3.2 in SL, and head length 2.75-3.05 in SL.[2] Cirrhilabrus adornatus is the combination of 45–47 dorsal-fin rays, 28–30 anal fin rays, 50–52 total vertebrae, 51–54 lateral line scales, 8–12 cheek scales, two large scales on each side of the lower jaw undersurface.

References

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  1. ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cirrhilabrus adornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ Randall, J.; Kunzmann, A. (1998). "Cirrhilabrus adornatus, a new species of labrid fish from Sumatra". S2CID 131788374. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)