Red-eye wrasse

Red-eye wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: C. solorensis
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus solorensis
Bleeker, 1853

The red-eyed wrasse, Cirrhilabrus solorensis, is a species of wrasse native to Indonesia and Christmas Island,[1] though claims have been made of a wider distribution. It inhabits coral reefs on coastal and outer reef lagoons at depths of 5 to 35 m (16 to 115 ft). It can reach a total length of 11 cm (4.3 in).[2] It can be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

It occurs in small harems of one male, several females and juveniles.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rocha, L. & Suharti, S. 2010. Cirrhilabrus solorensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirrhilabrus solorensis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. Bray, Dianne. "Red-eye Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus solorensis". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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