Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Dotted Fairy Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Dotted Fairy Wrasse
Also known as: Dotted Wrasse, Finespot Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 6-120 ft. (2-37 m)
Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Cirrhilabrinae (Subfamily)
       └Cirrhilabrus (Genus)
        └C. punctatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277860🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97857🔗

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