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Exquisite Wrasse

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus

Also known as: Emerald Fairy Wrasse, Exquisite Fairy Wrasse, Flasher Wrasse, Small-mouthed Wrasse

LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@fishx6 · Gangehi, Maldives · March 20081 / 17

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Overview

Juveniles are reddish with a white spot on the tip of the snout and an oval, blue-edged black spot at the base of the tail. Their tail fin is rounded, unlike the double-notched tail of adult males.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
tail spot
Head & Mouth
white nose
Behaviour
open waterschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 17
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 17

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    ALL STAGES
    FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusCirrhilabrus
    7. speciesCirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith, 1957

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    06

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