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Cirrhilabrus Hygroxerus
The monsoon fairy-wrasse (''Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus'') is a species of fish in the wrasse family, originating from the eastern Timor Sea. It matures at a length between . They can be found at a depth of around . It is described from 19 type specimens. The species complex consists of five other Indo-Pacific species: ''Cirrhilabrus joanallenae'' (western Sumatra), ''Cirrhilabrus humanni'' (western Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia), ''Cirrhilabrus morrisoni'' (Hibernia Reef, western Timor Sea), ''Cirrhilabrus naokoae'' (Nias Island, western Sumatra), and ''Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis'' (Red Sea, western Indian Ocean, Maldives, and Sri Lanka). ''Cirrhilabrus morrisoni'' and new ''Cirrhilabrus humanni'' relatively new adjoining natural ranges with ''Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus''. The Australian version of ''Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus'' has bright white ventral part in its body and the rest of the female monsoon wrasses. References Cirrhilabrus, hygroxerus Fish described in 2016 {{L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine ray-finned fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, most of them less than long, although the largest, the humphead wrasse, can measure up to . They are efficient carnivores, feeding on a wide range of small invertebrates. Many smaller wrasses follow the feeding trails of larger fish, picking up invertebrates disturbed by their passing. Juveniles of some representatives of the genera ''Bodianus'', '' Epibulus'', '' Cirrhilabrus'', '' Oxycheilinus'', and '' Paracheilinus'' hide among the tentacles of the free-living mushroom corals and '' Heliofungia actiniformis''. Etymology The word "wrasse" comes from the Cornish word ''wragh'', a lenited form of ''gwragh'', meaning an old woman or hag, via Cornish dialect ''wrath''. It is related to the Welsh ''gwrach'' and Breton ''gwrac'h''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
