Cirrhilabrus chaliasi

(Tea, Allen & Dailami, 2021)

Vernacular names
English : Pink-headed fairy wrasse
French : Labre nain à tête rose

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Eupercaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Labridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Bright pink face and cap, blue-white chin and belly. Flanks violet, then blue-green and yellow-orange with broad purple edges to orange flank-scales. Yellow and violet tail with pink spots.

Range and habitat
The species lives in the Indo-Pacific area, in the Indonesian waters around Bali, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Rinca, Wakatobi and Sulawesi. Found in rubble areas with sparse coral cover, from 8 to 20 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : NOT LISTED
CITES : Not Listed
Status : This species’ status is not yet assessed. It used to be identified as Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (listed as Data Deficient). Caught for trade at least locally, not yet bred under human care.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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