longfin fairy wrasse
About "longfin fairy wrasse"
📍Kingdom:- Animalia
📍Phylum:- Chordata
📍Class:- Actinopterygii
📍Order:- Labriformes
📍Family:- Labridae
📍Genus:- Cirrhilabrus
📍Species:- C. rubriventralis
📍Binomial name:-
Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis
👉The longfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis), also known as the social wrasse, is a species of wrasse from the western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to South Africa, though questionable claims have been made for its occurrence out to the western Pacific.
👉It inhabits coral reefs at depths of 3 to 43 m (9.8 to 141.1 ft).
👉This species can reach a total length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).
👉It can be found in the aquarium trade.
👉There is another species referred to as the social wrasse, Holichoeres socialis, found only in the Pelican Keys in Belize.
👉It is critically endangered.
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📷:- https://reefbuilders.com/2016/10/27/cirrhilabrus-rubeus-c-africanus-are-the-two-newest-species-of-fairy-wrasse/
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