- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- LABRIDAE
- Cirrhilabrus
- roseafascia
Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock 1982
Other Names: Pink-banded Fairy-wrasse, Redstripe Fairy Wrasse, Rose-banded Fairy Wrasse
A male Rose-banded Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia, from the Coral Sea - depth 99m. Source: Fenton Walsh / Cairns Marine. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A striking fairy wrasse found on deep reefs in the Coral Sea. Males are pinkish-red with a pale pink underside, yellow dorsal and anal fins (with magenta rays), and a large purple spot on the rear of the pelvic fin. The pale red females have a red band running from the eye along the upper side of body that encloses a series of small white spots, and a curved narrow red band across the upper cheek and the pectoral-fin base. Juveniles are dark red with three white lines along the body, a white spot on the tip of the snout, and a black spot on the upper part of the caudal peduncle.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5224
Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock 1982
More Info
Distribution |
Recorded from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and Holmes Reef in the Coral Sea. Small groups inhabit deep reefs over rubble and coral bottoms in depths of 30-155 m. The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical southwest Pacific. |
Features |
Dorsal fin XI, 9; Anal fin III, 9; Pectoral fin 15; lateral-line sca;les 16-18 + 6-9; Gill rakers (total first arch) 17-20. Central caudal-fin rays elongate. |
Species Citation |
Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock 1982: Occas. Pap. Bern. P. Bishop Mus. 25( 2): 9, Pl. 1 (fig. D) Type locality: Bulari Pass, south of Nouméa, New Caledonia, depth 100 m. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock 1982
References
Allen, G.R. 2000. Description of a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from northern Sumatra, Indonesia. aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 4(2): 45-50.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Kuiter, R.H. 1999. Descriptions of two new wrasses of the genus Cirrhilabrus (Labridae) from Indonesia. aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(4): 133-140.
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E. & Lubbock, R. 1982. Three new labrid fishes of the genus Cirrhilabrus from the southwestern Pacific. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 25(2): 12 pp.
Rocha, L. 2010. Cirrhilabrus roseafascia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187538A8562029. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187538A8562029.en . Downloaded on 08 October 2015.
Sih,TL, M.Cappo, Kingsford, MJ (2017) Deep-reef fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break (Australia). Science Reports 7: 10886 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-11452-1 Open access
Tanaka, H., Pyle, R.L. & Randall, J.E. 2006. The color phases of the fairy wrasse Cirrhilabrus roseafascia (Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Labridae) and comparison with C. lanceolatus. Biogeography 8: 7– 9.