The monsoon fairy-wrasse (''Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus'') is a species of fish in the

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, ...

family, originating from the eastern

Timor Sea The Timor Sea (, , or ) is a relatively shallow sea in the Indian Ocean bounded to the north by the island of Timor with Timor-Leste to the north, Indonesia to the northwest, Arafura Sea to the east, and to the south by Australia. The Sunda Tr ...

. 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 ''Cirrhilabrus'', the fairy wrasses, is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to coral reefs and nearby habitats in the Indo-Pacific region. They are brightly colored and do not surpass in length. Males are larger and more colorful ...

'' (western Sumatra), ''

Cirrhilabrus humanni ''Cirrhilabrus'', the fairy wrasses, is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to coral reefs and nearby habitats in the Indo-Pacific region. They are brightly colored and do not surpass in length. Males are larger and more colorful ...

'' (western Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia), ''

Cirrhilabrus morrisoni ''Cirrhilabrus'', the fairy wrasses, is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to coral reefs and nearby habitats in the Indo-Pacific region. They are brightly colored and do not surpass in length. Males are larger and more colorful ...

'' (Hibernia Reef, western Timor Sea), ''

Cirrhilabrus naokoae ''Cirrhilabrus'', the fairy wrasses, is a genus of fish in the family Labridae native to coral reefs and nearby habitats in the Indo-Pacific region. They are brightly colored and do not surpass in length. Males are larger and more colorful ...

'' (Nias Island, western Sumatra), and ''

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 ...

'' (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.

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hygroxerus Fish described in 2016 {{Labridae-stub