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. 2024, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia in Fishes of Australia, accessed 14 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5224

Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock 1982

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Distribution

Recorded from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, including Holmes Reef. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the southwest Pacific. Small groups inhabit deep reefs over rubble and coral substrates in depths of 30-155 m.

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.

Biology

A protogynous hermaphrodite, with females able to change sex to males.

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. 2024

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Australian Faunal Directory
Catalog of Fishes

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.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37384218

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:30-155 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:10 cm TL

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